Category:Landscape

Mount Kinabalu is mostly granodiorite, similar to granite but with a different ratio of plagioclase and feldspar. This is a telephoto shot, not of the summit but of one of the peaks above Laban Rata.

February 27, 2013

Daily Photo – Granodiorite Peaks

Mount Kinabalu is formed from granodiorite. This is an intrusive igneous rock, very similar to granite but with a different proportion of plagioclase and...

View to the south from the Laban Rata trail on Mount Kinabalu.

February 26, 2013

Daily Photo – From the Laban Rata Trail

I took the photo below on my ascent to Laban Rata. Ascent, that is, as in climbing the stairs rather than something more skillful.

Evening arrives as the sun sets on the summit of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Clouds gather around the mountain as the cooler night air moves in. Towards the middle of the image you can make out the three radio stations and above them, the Laban Rata Guesthouse. 1989.

February 24, 2013

Daily Photo – Mount Kinabalu

This is a view of Mount Kinabalu taken from the Park HQ in the evening. The sun has already set on the Park HQ...

This dry riverbed hints at the force of the water that rushes through here after a storm. Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.

February 14, 2013

Daily Photo – Dry Riverbed

The day after we watched the bats stream out of the Mulu caves my guide took me to Deer Cave. On the way we...

Hanging out, waiting for the sun to set and the bats to fly, a light shower drifts across the hills of the Gunung Mulu National Park casting a rainbow as the sun dips to the west. 1989.

February 12, 2013

Daily Photo – Mulu Rainbow

Waiting for the sun to set and the bats of Mulu to take flight, mother nature treated us to this wonderful rainbow as a...

Here's a tighter framing of a view across a valley in the Gunung Mulu National Park. To the right you can see exposed limestone cliffs and in the top left you can see where the surface has collapsed.

February 8, 2013

Daily Photo – The Hills of Mulu

To the right you can see examples of the limestone cliffs that feature in this area. Up in the hills in the top left...

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