JAKA IVANčIč
Bird’s-eye View of a Flooded Autumn Karst Wonderland

A thin road cuts through the flooded expanse of Planinsko Polje, disappearing into shimmering water that has overtaken the valley. Beside it, a lone tree glows in warm autumn colors, its morning shadow stretching gently across the water’s surface. In the upper part of the frame, soft reflections of drifting clouds blend sky and water into one. Captured almost from a top-down drone perspective, the scene reveals the quiet poetry of a landscape transformed.

Planinsko Polje is a classic Slovenian karst field — a wide, flat basin that becomes a peaceful pasture in dry periods. But when heavy rains arrive, the karst springs and the Unica River rise, turning the plain into a vast temporary lake.

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