Primož Jakopin, photo diary

Kevderc pri Planinci / Grotto near Planinca
A possible continuation is at the top of the collapse

February 8, 2021, 13 pictures

          Most images are approximately 683 x 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. Herald moth was determined by Primož Presetnik - Pipistrel.

          Pictures photo and copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2021.


 


 
48947. Entrance to the cave is strongly reminiscent of images from Miki Muster comics, especially the Forest Friends.


 

 


 
48946. A closer view of the entrance to the cave from the outside ...


 

 


 
48935. ... and from within.


 

 


 
48944. A scree slope, covered with dry leaves at the entrance ...


 

 


 
48945. ... continues with the rock-covered bottom of the entrance hall.


 

 


 
48943. On the right (west) side is a beautiful, smooth sloping wall, ...


 

 


 
48936. ... while on the left, east side, there are some dripstone formations.


 

 


 
48937. The cave continues south with a slope that gradually rises to the ceiling.


 

 


 
48938. Calcite drapery on the ceiling, view towards the entrance


 

 


 
48940. A live-brown moth with white dots - herald, Scoliopteryx libatrix, on the east side wall


 

 


 
48942. Small horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros


 

 


 
48948. A bag with about 5 kg of waste we collected in the cave, mainly plastic bags.


 

 


 
48949. A rather large earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, close to 50 cm long, on a cart track above the cave


 

 

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  Northern Edge of Planinsko polje, February 3     Grotto in Škofji lom and Vranja jama Cave, February 10  
 


 


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