Primož Jakopin, photo diary

Suhadolca
From the cave entrance to the siphon

May 1 to 3, 2026, 24 pictures

          The images are typically about 768 by 1024 pixels in size. The descriptions begin with the serial numbers of the original image files. Once again, most of the photos were taken handheld, without a tripod.

          Page, text and photos copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2026.

Southeastern edge of the Ljubljana Marshes, May 1

 
56926. The rising moon through the canopy of a large linden tree; on the right, at the edge of the ridge, there are lights on Ljubljanski Vrh

May 2

 
56928. Lunch

Lake Cerknica, May 3

 
56929. View from the Cvinger lookout point across the lake plain toward the east

 
56930. A close-up view of the willow grove in the center of the previous photo

 
56931. Two dandelion flowers and another one — of some other wildflower — along the trail toward the cave Suhadolca

 
56932. View from the mouth of the tributary that flows out of Suhadolca during high water, across the strait before the Cave Bay (Jamski zaliv) of Lake Cerknica.

From the siphon at the end of the dry section of Suhadolca to the entrance

 
56940. The dry section of the cave can be divided into four parts: the Entrance Passage, which is mostly standing height; the small Lake Chamber; the Transition Passage, also standing height; and the Pre-siphon Hall. The latter is quite long and wide, but mostly low. The photo shows a view from the center of the hall toward the siphon, which the author is looking at. Just before the siphon, there is a long stone pillar in the hall (in the center of the photo) that creates a short bypass tunnel on the left side.

 
56941. View along this bypass tunnel toward the siphon; a play of light and shadows

 
56934. A slightly closer view on the right side, past the pillar toward the siphon ...

 
56935. ... and an even closer view. This time, the author is sitting on the rock in the center of the previous photo.

 
56936. A diving safeline is strung through the siphon, also visible in the photo before the previous one.

 
56938. A vividly colored wall to the right of the siphon’s entrance

 
56942. Beautifully fractured, corroded, and coated with dark gray, almost black manganese oxide, strata a short distance back along the same (right) wall, further adorned with clay deposits and a colorful ceiling

 
56943. Rock with quartz veins

 
56939. View back through the hall past the stone pillar

 
56945. View from the Transition Tunnel toward the Pre-Sifon Hall, into which the author is looking

 
56944. On the right wall (as viewed into the cave) of the Transition Tunnel is this flake, eroded into the shape of a facial profile, with an even more pronounced shadow.

 
56950. A rock spur eroded into the shape of a beast’s half-open mouth with a lopsided eye

 
56946. View from the Transitional Tunnel toward the Lake Chamber ...

 
56947. ... which is illuminated by the author in this photo.

 
56953. View through the Entrance Tunnel toward the outside

 
56954. A late-afternoon view across the strait which leads to the Cave Bay (Jamski zaliv)

Return

 
56955. Light and shadow on the road from Suhadolca toward Dolenja vas

 
56956. A telephoto view of Snežnik (1,796 m) from the Grahovo — Žerovnica road

Related pages:

• This page in Russian and
• in Slovenian language

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