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Photos of the Day

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

I’m in Dubrovnik now, flying to Prague tomorrow for the last leg of my trip.

These photos are from Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia. I was there on a gloomy day, so the photos really don’t do the place justice. The 16 lakes that form the park spin off several dozen waterfalls, the largest of which drops nearly 250 feet (depicted in the middle photo). Due to sunlight, mineral deposits, plant life, and various other factors, the water changes color from month to month, week to week, even from hour to hour. It’s also incredibly lucid. The trails are rugged, and you’re pretty much free to do your own thing. So yes, you can pull stupid stunts like the one where your feet are in the picture, hanging over the ledge. Which I did, and in retrospect would have been a rather undignified way to die.

Beautiful as it is, Croatia is still scarred and pock-marked by war. You can’t really escape it. Even here. The park is actually where the first shots were fired in the first of the many post-Yugoslavia break-up wars of the 1990s.

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13 Responses to “Photos of the Day”

  1. #1 |  primus |  May 12th, 2011 at 9:41 am

    I believe the word you sought was ‘limpid’ as contrasted with ‘lucid’. Not? In any event, lovely pictures. Croatia is known as a beautiful part of the world. Thanks for sharing.

  2. #2 |  Marty |  May 12th, 2011 at 9:48 am

    fantastic photos. I really can’t wrap my head around the serb/croat issues. I had a neighbor who was croat, and he kinda chalked it up to ‘that’s the way it’s always been’…

  3. #3 |  TDR |  May 12th, 2011 at 10:19 am

    Gorgeous.

  4. #4 |  Troy |  May 12th, 2011 at 10:38 am

    Pffft. Where are the porno stars?

  5. #5 |  M.A.DeLuca |  May 12th, 2011 at 10:50 am

    Does anyone else wish Radley would link to bigger versions of his photos?

  6. #6 |  PeeDub |  May 12th, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Glad you got to Plitvice! One of the highlights of my trip to Yugoslavia from ’90.

  7. #7 |  Vake |  May 12th, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    Jealousy inducing.

  8. #8 |  William |  May 12th, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    I just read on Reddit that Croatia decriminalized cannabis yesterday but I can’t find a news story to back that up.

  9. #9 |  obMana |  May 12th, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    News is here (sorry, it’s in Croatian but you’ll manage it somehow (: )
    http://www.jutarnji.hr/novi-kazneni-zakon–vise-nema-zatvora-za-joint-u-dzepu–prepolovljene-su-kazne-za-eutanaziju/945356/

  10. #10 |  Big A |  May 12th, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    These are the pictures that don’t do the place justice!? Wow!

  11. #11 |  Highway |  May 12th, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    I love pictures of waterfalls and natural pools! Radley, would there be a chance of posting high resolution copies of your photos on Flickr or some other site for those who want to use them as wallpapers?

  12. #12 |  Psion |  May 12th, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    I agree with M.A.DeLuca (and Highway) … high-res photos, please!

  13. #13 |  Lucy |  May 13th, 2011 at 3:07 am

    Oh my God I need to go back to Croatia.

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