Emerald pool
In summer.
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Virje is a waterfall on the Glijun stream near the village of Plužna in the Bovec area of western Slovenia, about 3 km west of Bovec in a straight line. The Glijun is fed from the Kanin plateau and has a typical karst spring; its water is very cold, never above 5 °C even in summer. The fall lies about 300 metres downstream of the spring and is about 20 metres high, with a rock at the top splitting the stream into two parts that drop into a wide, deep pool. White water spills down a rock wall covered in green moss into a large pool that turns bright emerald in summer thanks to algae and sunshine, split in two by a rock sill. Open ground, white rocks and dense forest surround the pool. Visitors walk down a short, steep path from the village to the pool and sit on the rocks or the wooden viewing deck. The fall is at its best in May and June with the snowmelt and thinner in summer, and the water is too cold for most people to swim.
In summer.
Falling together.
Wooden.
Near Plužna, Bovec, Slovenia
The water is very cold.
May and June.