Primož Jakopin, photo diary

Dalmatia, August 2004, part IV

All images are 266 x 400 pixels in size; some of them can be clicked to get a 567 x 800 pixel version. Numbers in front of picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original shots (2048 x 3072 pixels). Copyright (c) P. Jakopin 2004

Rača Cave / Rača špilja

On the way to the cave


9248. Donkey pasturing close to Barje road junction


9277. End of the road, view to the south


9249. Abandoned polje to the right of the trail


9250. Because of the past summer fires the trail and its markings are often difficult to trace - view of the trail, forwards


9275. Old olive orchard to the south of the cave


9273. View of the hills at the south with the Struga lighthouse in the distance


9251. Some 100 metres to the east of the cave a view of the coast opens up


9252. View of the rock slope, towards the hilltop


9274. Entrance of the cave is hidden in a small forest

Rača cave


9253. View from the entrance out over the rock treshold


9256. The narrow passage close to cave end, view out


9257. Mortar-like dripstone formation on the side wall, some 20 cm in diameter


9258. Two ?, ? ?, on the wall some 1.5 m above floor


9259. The cave is very popular on Lastovo - the list of participants of the visit in the summer '51


9260. Dripstone pillars in the last large chamber, a view out

Side hall


9261. View out towards the middle of the hall


9263. View in close to the inner junction


9264. View in towards the middle of the hall


9265. View out towards the high passage to entrance hall

Entrance hall


9266. Dripstone wall at the passage to Side hall


9267. In mid afternoon there is a nice play of light coming from the two entrance windows


9271. A view to standard entrance from the hall

On the way back


9276. Rocks in the grass, close to the saddle



   III - Palagruža island      V - From Lastovo island to Rijeka dubrovačka  




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