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Frozen Rešeto Swallow Hole at Lake Cerknica

7 January 2017 Lake CerknicaNatureIntermittent lakeWinter

The frozen surface of Lake Cerknica shattered. The water beneath the ice drained into the swallow holes. The ice collapsed under its own weight.

Broken slabs of snow-covered ice overlap in jagged patterns above the frozen Rešeto sinkhole on Cerkniško jezero.

Broken white ice plates surround a small dark opening at the frozen Rešeto sinkhole on Cerkniško jezero.

A dog stands cautiously on fractured ice slabs at Rešeto, surrounded by dark water and snow-dusted reeds.

Thick plates of fractured ice surround the frozen Rešeto sinkhole beneath a bright winter sun.