54773. View along the Sežana - Lipica road, towards the south, not far from the entrance to the cave
Most images are approximately 768 x 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. Vladimir Levašov of Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society greatly contributed to this excursion, other contributors were Jaka Jakofčič, Jasna Čuk Rupnik and Jožko Čuk, Blaž Terčon, Jožko Terčon and Andrea Tamaro, who helped with the lighting of image 54785. The names of parts of the cave are sometimes the author's.
The tour of the cave was made possible by the Sežana Caving Society (Jamarsko društvo Sežana).
Page, texts and photos copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2025, except the photos VL39, VL40, VL41, VL42, VL43 and VL44, which were taken by Vladimir; they are published here with his permission.
54773. View along the Sežana - Lipica road, towards the south, not far from the entrance to the cave
54774. Vladimir and Ludvik at the beginning of the access path to the entrance pit
54775. View from the bottom of the entrance pit towards the entrance
54777. In front of the first large stalactite stage in the cave: Jasna, Jožko Č., Klok, Blaž, Jaka, Vladimir and Jožko T.
VL39. View of Slide (Drča) towards the Great Hall (Velika dvorana) with excursion participants descending over the via ferrata.
VL40. View from the observation balcony above the Great Hall to the two large stalagmites. The stalagmite on the left is 18 meters high.
VL41. Crystal surface of a broken dripstone heap on the ascent to the Side Access Tunnel (Vpadni rov)
54780. At the bottom of the Great Hall, view back from the lower edge of the collapse
54781. Inscription on the side wall to the left of the previous scene: HOFEM/26. III. 05. Judging by the inscription to the left of this one (from 1937), the year could be 1905 and not 2005.
54782. Mousetrap (Mišelovka) just above the bottom of the hall
54784. Among the older inscriptions in the cave is this one on the right rock pf the previous photo, from 1912. The height of the first letter (top left) is 7 cm.
VL42. Cavers are resting in the Kozina tunnel (Kozinski rov)
VL43. Detail of the colorful ceiling in this tunnel
54785. A stalactite column above the bottom of the Great Hall. Unfortunately, time flew by mercilessly, the 20 other excursion participants were already more than 10 minutes closer to the cave exit, and so this motif was left after only this trial shot.
54786. Andrea
54788. A view from below of one of the most beautiful stalactites in the cave, the Medusa
VL44. View from the path to Medusa, with the author by the side
54789. View from below to the bottom of the entrance pit and the ladder that ends the first via ferrata.
54790. View to the outside from under the top of the entrance pit
54793. Ludvik
54798. The tour of the Lipiška jama ended before the sunset, and Ludvik suggested visit of a cave with two entrances, not far away. In the photo: view of the main, Eastern entrance ...
54797. ... and from this entrance towards the surface
54796. View from the other side of the cave bottom towards the Eastern entrance
54795. View from the cave to the smaller Western entrance
Related pages:
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Najdena jama, January 16, 2025
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