Jama Baredine

Baredine cave is a karst formation in Istrian Croatia. The cave entrance is a 15 meter vertical drop, now with stairs. The cave continues down to a subterranean lake at 60 meters below grade where the public access ends. There is another lake at the bottom of a shaft that drops to 132 meters below grade.
The 1st 4 pictures are of various cave formations. The 5th is too except most folks thought this one looks like that famous tower in Pisa. My 1st thought was it reminds me of Taipei 101.
The last picture is of an aquatic salamander that is often associated with cave ecosystems, at least of the science related TV shows. This is the olm, the largest animal that is completely subterranean. At about 25 cm long, it is the apex predator in the ecosystem, and it can live 100 years.Read more