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Copyright: Constantin Ch (Costi_52)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-08-11 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Exposure: f/2.6, 1/15 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-10-08 5:13 |
| Viewed: 262 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Postojna Cave is a 20,570 m long Karst cave system near Postojna, Slovenia. It is the longest cave system in the country as well as one of its top tourism sites. The caves were created by the Pivka River. The cave was first described in the 17th century by Johann Weichard Valvasor, and a new area of the cave was discovered accidentally in 1818 by local Luka Čeč. In 1819, the caves were opened to the public, and Čeč went on to become the first official tourist guide for the caves. In 1872 rails were laid in the cave along with first cave train for tourists. At first, these were pushed along by the guides themselves, later at the beginning of the 20th century a gas locomotive was introduced. After 1945, the gas locomotive was replaced by an electric one. 5.3 km of the caves are open to the public, the longest publicly accessible depth of any cave system in the world. The caves are also home to the endemic olm (Proteus anguinus), the largest trogloditic amphibian in the world.
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