51550. The source was silent, but a little further downstream, towards the river Rak, there was some water left in the stream bed.
Most images are approximately 768 times 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are the serial numbers of the original photo files. Names of the persons, depicted in the report: Aljaž Krašovec in Špela Nastran, Kaja and Lena Krašovec. France Šušteršič contributed the names of the collapse dolines at the beginning of Zelške jame area.
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51550. The source was silent, but a little further downstream, towards the river Rak, there was some water left in the stream bed.
51551. A dam made of washed-up branches in the Rak riverbed, over which the author could not pass, ...
51552. ... but the rivulet was crossable a little higher, upstream, over the rocks.
51553. The trunk of a fallen tree, here seen already from the north side, around which a dam has evolved.
51554. Maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes
51555. European bladdernut, Staphylea pinnata
51556. View of the northern entrance to Tkalca jama from the Big Natural Bridge
51557. View from the top of the trail which leads from the Small Natural Bridge down to Zelške jame cave area, towards the first cave, Golobja jama, with the underground stream of the river Rak
51558. Closer view from the path towards Golobja jama ...
51562. ... and from Golobja jama back towards the surface.
51560. View upstream, to the east, with a stone bridge on the trail passing the first collapse doline, Ževška jama
51563. Rock terraces on the south side of the tunnel
51564. View of Ključavnica (Keyhole), a passage to the last (downstream) hall of Zelške jame ....
51566. ... also with Lena and Špela, Aljaž and Kaja.
51567. View from the Ževška jama to the second collapse doline, Velika jama, situated under the Little Natural Bridge...
51585. ... and back from the passage towards Ževška jama, to the west.
51568. A closer view from below of the Little Natural Bridge ...
51569. ... and towards the sky, where the ceiling of the hall of Velika jama used to be.
51571. A wider view from below, from Velika jama, to the Little Natural Bridge
51572. At the beginning of the north wall of Velika jama, the entrance to the side tunnel opens up - here is the view from the entrance back into Velika jama.
51573. Drops on the wall and traces of their paths down the rock surface
51576. View from inside the tunnel towards the entrance
51578. Another view from the bottom of Velika jama towards the sky
51579. On the eastern side of the northern wall of Velika jama, this high entrance leads to another side tunnel.
51580. The view from the tunnel to the outside
51581. Dry riverbed in Velika jama with the Little Natural Bridge in the background
51582. A view back (to the west), from the Water tunnel towards Velika jama
51583. View up the side collapse doline, Zadnja jama, at the junction with the Water tunnel
51584. View from the Jama princese Kristine (Princess Christine Cave) back towards the Water tunnel and Zadnja jama collapse doline (right)
Related posts:
Planinska jama, August 17
Veliko okence, September 4
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