March 2nd, 2017 | Updated on February 27th, 2024
It’s almost like stepping straight into Narnia. When winter in Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park drags the temperatures low enough, the rugged landscape transforms into scenes worthy of a fairytale.
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The rugged landscape transforms into scenes worthy of a fairytale. Captured here in vivid detail by Budapest-based photographer Tamas Toth, the 16 lakes and waterfalls lie in the National Park of the Kapela Mountains.
1. It is surrounded by the mountains Pljesevica, Mala Kapela, and Medvedak, which are part of the Dinaric Alps
2. The lakes were declared a national park in Croatia in 1949 and were given world heritage status in 1979
3. The idyllic Plitvice Lakes are one of Croatia’s most famous attractions and can lay claim to some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
4. Tamas hiked through nearly 20 inches of snow to acquire the beautiful shots before summer once again melts to the icy waterfalls into motion
5. It is the Karst process that gives the water its electric blue color – appearing all the more dramatic when frozen into chunky tendrils
6. They were formed over millions of years by what is known as the Karst process, the dissolution of soluble rocks including limestone, dolomite, and gypsum
7. Captured here in vivid detail by Budapest-based photographer Tamas Toth, the 16 lakes and waterfalls lie in the National Park of the Kapela Mountainsv
8. When winter in Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes drags the temperatures low enough, the rugged landscape transforms into scenes worthy of a fairytale
source:dailymail.co.uk
