Primož Jakopin, photo diary

To Primorska (Slovenian Littoral)
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August 27 to September 1, 19 pictures

          The images, except for the portraits, where the vertical side measures 450 pixels, are mostly 768 by 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. The text mentions Claudio Bratos and Stojan Sancin from Trieste. The names of several parts of the cave are the author's.
          The purpose of the excursion on August 31st was to visit Velika Karlovica again through the tunnel at Rakov mostek, this time with new additional equipment, with fishing boots and a small inflatable boat. However, due to the rain at the end of August, water flooded a significant part of the Cerknica Polje and also both Karlovica caves. Therefore, the author turned to the coastal side, to one of the old ladies, once beautiful, today quite damaged, but still very charming caves.

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


 

SE edge of Ljubljana Marshes, August 27


 


 
55938. White on green - inflatable hall of oval shape, with a floor plan of 42 x 46 meters and a height of 19 meters. Manufactured and erected by Duol. Price - about 150 euros per square meter of floor area.





Planinsko polje, August 31


 


 
55942. Clouds over the polje, slightly submerged again...






 
55943. ... and with the sun above it


 

 

In the Slovenian Littoral


 


 
55944. Band of clouds over the south littoral hill chain, view south


 

 


 
55945. Foliage in hazel bush high above the path, from a distance the eye can also conjure up the shape of a man's face from it.


 

 


 
55946. A leaf of Dichondra sp. in a beech hollow along the path


 

 


 
55947. A plate of cyclamen at the entrance to the cave, there are many more in the wall above it.


 
 


 
55949. Immediately to the left of the entrance is a window that leads into the abyss to the southern branch of the cave.


 

 


 
55948. View from the entrance towards the northern, main part of the cave ...


 

 


 
55950. ... and a view from the southern branch back into the entrance collapse doline. In this hall, Claudio and Stojan were digging a connection to one of Slovenian most beautiful caves, situated nearby. The project was close to completion, voice could be heard from one cave to the other.


 

 


 
55955. View from the middle of the entrance hall back towards the entrance, with quite a few light sources, and with emphasis on the plastic depiction of the stalagmites (but not of the ceiling).


 

 


 
55956. The previous photo in a slightly more contrasting, darker version, without front lighting


 

 


 
55958. Panorama at the tilted column, with a varied ceiling and a stepped right side


 

 


 
55963. Sunset over the hills above the Gulf of Trieste





Pekel gorge near Borovnica, September 1


 


 
55964. Rapids under the first waterfall


 

 


 
55965. The first waterfall and rapids above it


 

 


 
55966. After the rain, the second waterfall is in the full shape and splendor.


 

 


 
55967. Another view of the second waterfall from the lower side trail


 

 


 
55968. A cloud shaped like a bird in flight, above the Polhograjski Dolomiti hills, close tp the sunset


 

 

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  Velika Karlovica, August 20 to 24, 2025     Mala Karlovica, September 4 to 22, 2025  
 


 

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