Category: Water — Žan Kafol

Two cave divers in black dry suits confer at water level beneath a bright lamp, with breathing equipment and gauges in the foreground.

13 Aug 2026 Cave diving

Planina Cave: Technical Work, No Time to Pose

Four boats, two divers and a fast-moving technical operation at Skrivnostno jezero in Planinska jama.

Two helmeted explorers wade through chest-deep cave water beneath a low, pale limestone overhang.

10 Jan 2024 Caves

Markov Spodmol

With all the media coverage of Križna gora and the rising water, I remembered that I had never posted any photographs of Markov Spodmol on the blog, and that we had once turned back quite quickly…

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A lone paraglider floats above a wooded cliff and the hazy blue Gulf of Trieste on a calm winter flight.

25 Dec 2023 Aerial photography

Flying over the Gulf of Trieste

I first flew from the secret Sveti Primož take-off back in 2019. It is hard to say who first discovered it or tried taking off there, most likely locals. There are no emergency landing options; everything is far away.…

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4 Aug 2023 Caves

Cave Diver

Sebastjan Gantar, a cave rescuer and diver from Postojna, helped us retrieve two water loggers from Škratovka Cave, at the end of about 100 metres of passage beyond a sump. After 27 minutes…

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22 Nov 2021 Caves

Dimnice

The visit to Dimnice Cave had a training element, so little time remained for sightseeing, exploration and photography after we had finished ‘rescuing’ one another from the rope. We will need to return…

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A large pink inflatable flamingo floats alone in the still dark water of a low limestone cave chamber.

3 Nov 2021 Caves

Flamingo Invasion

When news began to spread that real flamingos had appeared at Lake Cerknica, we decided to reveal our closely guarded secret. We had been hiding the flamingos all summer…

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Ana stands backlit in the dry, eroded bed of Rešeto at Lake Cerknica beneath a dramatic cloud-filled sky.

25 Jul 2021 Aerial photography

Dry Lake Cerknica – Rešeto

I observe Cerkniško polje from the air in every season, on average about 50 times a year, but I simply cannot take good photographs from a paraglider. I have no time, not enough free hands and cannot go exactly where…

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Aerial view of rounded Parsko jezero surrounded by bright spring trees, meadows and long late-afternoon shadows.

6 Jun 2021 Aerial photography

Pivka Intermittent Lakes

Lake Petelinje / Lac du Coq / Lacus Gallus / Rooster Lake. Full Lake Petelinje in winter, half frozen. Malo Drskovško Lake and the half-empty Veliko Drskovško Lake / Der Großer und Kleiner Durchfallsee…

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A pale historic manor with a red roof stands beyond a small reflective pond and spring meadow at Rakitnik.

6 May 2021 Birds

Rakiški Zatok Nature Reserve

A stork nests on a chimney in Rakitnik. It will probably return for years, like the one in Planina whose nest has occupied a chimney for 20 years. It chose the chimney of a farm manor or outbuilding built in…

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A small person stands beneath the immense arched entrance of Velika Karlovica, surrounded by pale weathered limestone.

4 Apr 2021 Aerial photography

Velika Karlovica Cave

Velika Karlovica is a karst ponor cave on the western edge of Cerkniško polje. Water from the Cerkniščica, Stržen and most of the lake drains into it, then flows onwards through Zelške Caves as part of the…

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