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aving progressed further into the massive passage that is Deer Cave, I took this shot looking back to the entrance. Gunung Mulu National Park, 1989.

Daily Photo – Inside Deer Cave

As we went further into the massive passage that is Deer Cave, I turned back and go this shot back to the entrance.

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Entrance to Deer Cave, Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989. you can get an idea of the scale by looking at the two people in the frame.

Daily Photo – Deer Cave, Mulu

Deer Cave boasts some impressive measurements – passage length of over 4 kilometers with a one kilometer stretch with a width of 174 m and a height of 122 m. The main entrance (photo below) has been measured at 146 m. Indeed, you can get an idea of the scale from the two men that appear in the photo.

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

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 passed this dry riverbed. I was quite surprised

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As dusk arrives, the bats of Mulu emerge from the caves and head out to feast on the insects of the surrounding jungle. 1989.

Daily Photo – Bats of Mulu at Dusk

As the sun disappeared below the horizon we turned our eyes back to the hills, watching and waiting. And then we started to see the bats of Mulu take flight.

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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.

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 shower drifted across the hills.

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A longboat heading downriver in the Gunung Mulu National Park. 1989.

Daily Photo – Heading Downriver

The trail we were following to get to our bat flight viewing experience ran close to the cliff edge in places as you can see in the photo below, of a longboat heading downriver.

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