abstract:The Shadow of the Sun (, literally "Ebony") is a non-fiction book by the Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński, published in English translation in 2001.
He left the cold, black shadow of the lander and stepped into the blinding white light of the sun.
VOA: special.2009.07.15
Just as Major League Baseball is moving to shake off its steroid cloud under the warmth of spring-training sun, one of its biggest former stars continues to cast a shadow over the sport.
The woodcutters and gold prospectors may be long gone, but travellers can still relive this fascinating historic era through a series of forest walking trails that evoke the vanished world ofthe woodcutters, winding beneath the canopy along rust-coloured streams dappled with sun and shadow.