Primož Jakopin, photo diary

The caves Tkalca jama and Skednena jama
Two caving afternoons

July 8 and 12, 2023, 18 pictures

          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. A couple, probably from a country to the north of the Alps, and Lana's family from France, both vacationing in Slovenia.

          Pictures photo and copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2023.


 

 

Tkalca jama, July 8


 


 
52601. Garlands of ivy are hanging over the wall with the memorial plaque of Janko Petkovšek in the eastern entrance of the cave.


 

 


 
52604. View from the southern end of the entrance hall along the dry bed of the Rak river towards the northern entrance


 

 


 
52597. A beach in the northern entrance of the cave, possible location for the scene themed "Joy of Life", certainly at a slightly higher water level


 

 


 
52598. End of the first, easily passable part of the tunnel, in front of a smaller passage, cluttered with logs and tree branches


 

 


 
52599. View back down the tunnel at the bend in the dry river bed






 
52602. Lana in a small stone passage on the north side of the tunnel






 
52603. Lana with her brother and parents next to a rock in the dry river bed, view from the tunnel towards the entrance hall





Skednena jama, July 12


 


 
52605. Forest trail to the cave, to the west, already over the top of the hill






 
52615. Dark spot in the greenery, view of the southern entrance to the cave






 
52606. View out from the south entrance






 
52607. Window in the wall of the tunnel at the bend in front of the North entrance






 
52614. Stone pillar in the side the bend






 
52613. View from the north entrance hall to the bend in the tunnel that opens up at the right


 

 


 
52608. North entrance from the south, it rained in the morning, now the sun up again and the moisture is rising from the bottom of the collapse doline below the entrance.






 
52609. View from the outside of the northern entrance, under the wall, from the passage towards the bottom of the collapse doline ...


 

 


 
52612. ... and from the rocks at the bottom of the collapse, ...






 
52611. that is heavily overgrown with ferns, moss and lichens.


 

 


 
52610. Rockcress, Arabidopsis halleri


 

 

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  Mt. Kanin, July 2     Stara Baška on Krk island, July 23 - 30  
 


 


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