Primož Jakopin, photo diary

Cave under the road and Cave under the Karlovec Castle
Towards abstract stalactite images

November 21, 2024, 15 pictures

          Most images are approximately 768 x 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of the picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. Jože Stražišar, of the Karlovica Caving Society (Jamarsko društvo Karlovica) made this excursion possible, Vladimir Levašov of the Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society contributed greatly to its success. The names in the cave were in several instances given by the author.

          Page, texts and photos copyright (c) Primož Jakopin - Klok 2024, except for the photos VL29, VL30 and VL31, which were taken by Vladimir; they are published with his permission.
 


 

Cave under the road


 


 
54539. View from the end of the cave, from the stalactite wall towards the incoming tunnel on the other side of the three-meter drop


 

 


 
54537. A stalactite wall with unusually corroded stalactites ...


 

 


 
54544. ... in the middle left.


 

 


 
VL29. The most corroded surface really glows in the right light.


 

 


 
VL30. On the opposite wall there are some short, completely transparent straws that the author is trying to depict. Instead of a tripod, he used two hazel sticks tied together to ...


 

 


 
54542. ... get this photo. The length of the straw, without the water drop at its end, is 4 cm.


 

 


 
54545. View from the top of the clay slide at the end of the Front Hall towards the steep passage that leads to the stalactite wall from the second photo on this page.


 

 


 
VL31. Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros


 

 


 
54546. View back into the Front Hall from its end


 

 


 
54547. View towards the end of the Entrance Hall. The breccia closure stopped the continuation of the tunnel into the Front Hall - only a narrow passage remained in the middle left, at the side of the person.


 

 


 
54548. The entrance to the cave, after Vladimir removed a rotten spruce log that someone had thrown across it some time ago.


 

 

Cave under the Karlovec Castle


 


 
54549. View from the bottom of the Collapse Hall to the Main Tunnel of the cave


 

 


 
54550. The flowstone barrier in the Main Tunnel, before it widens into the hall, view towards the south


 

 


 
54551. View back from the same point, the passage to the Front Hall of the cave is the bright spot in the center of the picture.


 

 


 
54552. View along the Front Hall of the cave to the east, the passage to the lower floor is along the wall, center right.


 

 

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  Velika Skednenca, November 14, 2024     Entrance to the Unnamed cave and to Velika Karlovica, November 28, 2024  
 


 


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