Lovatnet

One of Norway's most beautiful valleys lies along its banks, the Løren Valley, or Lørendalen.

In the midst of this idyllic landscape lies the Lovatnet, a seemingly harmless small freshwater lake.

It is hard to imagine that it has been the cause of several catastrophes in the course of its history.

That does nothing to lessen its popularity with tourists, both local and foreign.

All of the massive rock fragments that you see here used to be part of the mountain.

Huge landslides in 1905 and 1936 caused giant tidal waves.

The Lovatnet used to be 90 meters deep at this location.

Today, the rock fragments from the landslides stick as much as one and a half meters out of the water.