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Balesudden & Balestjärnen, Nätra

The Red Cliffs of Balesudden

Balestjärnen lake in Balesudden nature reserve
Balestjärn Balesuddens Naturreservat — DSw0rd / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At the tip of the peninsula the granite turns a loud, arterial red. Below it hides Balestjärnen, a lake so clear and lime-heavy that the drowned pines rest on the bottom like specimens in a glass case. They have not rotted. They are simply waiting where the light reaches them.