Aerial trip over Croatia, providing views of all sorts of limestone hills and cliffs, rivers, lakes, towns, and eventually the full coastline.
We have seen many waterfalls since Expedition Earth began. So far Krka waterfall in Croatia is our favourite! A close second for us are some of the waterfalls in Costa Rica. We’re interested to know where everyone’s favourite waterfalls are from around the world?
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Mamet cave
Much of Croatia is covered in limestone, with caves and sinkholes dotting the landscape, including the biggest pit in Europe, over 200 metres deep, located in Velebit Nature Park. The entrance is 60 metres across, and the cave widens inside in an inverted funnel shape. The limestone as faulted as the rocks were stressed and cracked, due to the immense tectonic pressures generated by Africa’s slow motion grind into Eurasia. The water enters the faults and widens them by dissolving the limestone, since the carbon dioxide it absorbs from the atmosphere makes it slightly acidic (a bottle of dilute acid is a major part of the field geologists arsenal, since carbonate rocks fizz when it is poured on).
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Top of the World
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Crveno Jerezo
Can you believe that the sinkhole you see in this picture is 522m deep? The cliff have a height of 241m and the intensely blue lake is about 280m deep. In 1942 one of the cliff walls collapsed after an earthquake. No place to have a swim! (The water is also very cold at 10 °C)
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Let It Rain, Let It Pour…..Don’t Forget To Explore!
Cuddling the weather and soaking the beauty at Plitvice National Park, Croatia.
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Grgosova špilja is a small cave near city of Samobor in Croatia.
It was discovered by accident in 1973. by local man Josip Grgos.
