Planina karst field

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This is river Unica in Planina karst field, the penultimate apparition of a most wondrous river with seven (!) names. . This river starts its flow in Prezid karst field on Slovenian – Croatian border as *Trbuhovica* (1) stream. It sinks into the limestone, flows underground and appears again as *Obrh* (2) in Lož karst … Read more

Šivec creek and UNESCO site

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This is a part of Šivčev graben creek in Ljubljana marshes landscape park. There was a prehistoric pile dwelling nearby and a dugout canoe was found in the mouth of the creek. Denver 5020TWC action camera on a Rokkaku kite.

Romans on the marshes

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River Ljubljanica emerges in vaucluse type springs near Vrhnika, runs across the Ljubljana Marshes, through Ljubljana and on to its cofluence with Sava. As it flows across the almost completely flat marshes, Ljubljanica drops for less that 1 meter (actually the stream bed in Ljubljana is higher than 25 km upstream!) – so it gently … Read more

Banja Luka – European Researchers’ Night

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Extremely proud – and anxious – to be able to present kite aerial photography and use of kites in science – from ecology to photogrammetry to archaeology – at European Researchers’ Night in Banja Luka, BiH! Kite aerial photo of Banski dvor Cultural Centre and Christ the Saviour Cathedral Church in Banja Luka, Bosnia and … Read more

A haunted swamp

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This truly magical place is called ‘Mali plac’ and is a unique example of a raised bog, one of southern Europe’s few remaining natural habitats of this type. It is the only surviving remnant of once vast, moss-dominated bogs of Ljubljana Marshes. Mali plac is home to an exceptional diversity of flora and fauna, including … Read more

Serendipity in the woods

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Since we can see what we got on camera only *after* landing, this abandoned truck was one of those nice surprises. And we will never know if it is used for making honey – a beehive trailer – or crystal meth 🙂 Canon A810 on a Rokkaku kite.

Slow death of a lake …

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During the last 10 or so millenia a large lake, south of what is today the city of Ljubljana, slowly dried out, first enabling Neolithic and Bronze Age pile-dwellers to colonize it (the remains of pile dwellings are a UNESCO World Heritage Site today), then transforming into peat bogs and forest bogs. Finally the humans … Read more

High above the lake

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See this lake? Well, it’s an intermittent karstic one: Palcje lake (Palško jezero), Pivka Valley Intermittent Lakes nature reserve, Slovenia. In the summer the water escapes through limestone in the lake bottom and the lake dries out, the waters giving way to meadows and fields and red Salix shrubs. And then the autumn rains overwhelm … Read more

Šilentabor archaeological site

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Upper Pivka valley, Slovenia, has a rich and tumultuous history. There are abundant remains of Iron and Bronze Age hillforts, and Roman military camps, there are ruins of once mighty castles, ancient churches and villages still going strong. A 750 m hill called Tabor, above Zagorje, got its name from a type of foritified church … Read more