canopy

As little as two centuries ago, the northern edge of the island of Borneo, home to Malaysia’s Sarawak state, was covered in a verdant canopy that stretched, uninterrupted, from shore to shore.

But the leaves and branches – the canopy it effectively creates -- is made up of solar panels.

Smoke rises above the canopy as gentle chanting rumbles across the jungle floor.

In Georgia, MARTA (the Metropolitan Atlantic Rapid Transit Authority) built a huge solar canopy at its bus depot in Decatur.

Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.

Overhead, a white canopy painted with brightly colored flowerpots tempers the rain and wind.

The scarlet calico canopy was again set up over the bed, and the woven cradle, on its red manzanita frame, stood near.

The windows and dressing-table were covered with white muslin, and there was a canopy of the same above the little brass bedstead.

Servants entered with cushions, which they disposed round the foot of the throne and at the base of its canopy.

Coloured woollen stuff is hung over these, and a kind of canopy keeps off the sun.

The sovereigns embraced each other, and retiring under a canopy, had a long conversation, to which no one was a witness.