Primož Jakopin, photo diary

From Ljubljana to Vranja jama
Big White Rock

February 28 - March 6, 2025, 22 pictures

          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. Names of cave parts were sometimes given by the author.
          The purpose of the excursion was to test the new headlamp, powered not by original powerful 21700 battery but with more widely available 18650 batteries. The test was successful, although only the first (weakest) and the third of the five brightness levels were used. It was enough for normal use.

          Page, texts and photos copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2025.


 

Žale Cemetery, Ljubljana, 28 February 2025


 


 
55022. Stone sphere on the grave curb, 15 cm in diameter, made of the whitest, Prilep marble





Zavrh near Pokojišče, 1 March 2025


 


 
55024. Stylized image of the ship Argo, with which the Argonauts sailed to Vrhnika, on the facade of the Firefighter's Home and Community Centre Padež - Pokojišče - Zavrh





Preserje, 2 March 2025


 


 
55025. View of the full (intermittent) Ponikve Lake, from the Preserje - Dolenja Brezovica road





Cerknica Lake


 


 
55026. View towards the southwest corner of the lake with the Javorniki mountain chain in the background. The field track leading to both Karlovice caves was flooded more and more and it was necessary to turn around.






 
55027. View of the lake from the lookout point Cvinger






 
55028. View across the lake to the west, from Pretržje






 
55031. View to the south, across the lake towards Javorniki, from the bridge near Sitarice





Sebonji Laz, 804 meters above sea level, on March 3 2025


 


 
55034. Telephoto view towards Cerknica Lake and Mount Snežnik





Vranja jama, March 6, 2025


 


 
55035. The author on the forest road Vajzova cesta, walking from Članska vas to Vranja jama






 
55036. Liverwort, Hepatica nobilis






 
55037. Snowdrops, Galanthus nivalis






 
55038. Features of a dark face in the vault above the cave entrance






 
55043. View from the Entrance Hall towards the surface






 
55039. Horizontal tunnel filled with red soil...






 
55050. ... above the passage from the Entrance Hall to the Water tunnel.






 
55040. Remains of ice above the floor of the Entrance Hall






 
55041. The recesses in the ceiling above the beginning of the Water Tunnel resemble a skull.






 
55046. View from the lower side of the Front Hall of the Dry Tunnel towards the Entrance Hall...






 
55045. ... in a little narrower version.






 
55049. View back from the bottom of the last hall of the Dry Tunnel to the stairs in front of it. Left in the middle is one of the ceiling graffiti ("The Flying Organ").






 
55048. Big White Rock





Ljubljana, March 7, 2025


 


 
55051. On the Open Market, on her birthday






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  From Planinska jama to Rašica, February 27, 2025     From Lipiška jama to Lake Cerknica, March 9 to 13, 2025  
 


 

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