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Unbounded convex sets are generally supposed to be open or closed in order that their infinitude and recession cones coincide: indeed, if \(A\) is an algebraically open or closed convex set in an arbitrary real linear space, then \(\mathbf I(A)=\mathbf R(A)\) [\textit{F. Jongmans}, Bull. Soc. R. Sci. Liège 49, 312-346 (1980; Zbl 0467.52001)], i.e. if a ray \(D\) is included in \(A\) then every translate of \(D\) with extreme point in \(A\) is also included in \(A\). This important property does not hold if \(A\) is not closed or relatively open. The aim of this paper is to introduce and study the ``infinite shadow'' associated to any unbounded convex set. This notion gives, in an Euclidean space, a better understanding of the asymptotical and marginal structure of unbounded convex sets, specially when they are not closed or open.