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How to visualize a memory? In film scenes we often see blurred double-exposed images that tend to confuse the viewer more than give the feeling of memory. In this video work, the artist visualises a special place from his childhood without the use of such standardized effects. The place in question is Söderfjärden, a unique meteorite crater created by a meteorite impact of at least 520 million years ago. Söderfjärden drained in the 1920s and is today a fertile farming area and a paradise for birds. The almost circular Söderfjärd's diameter is today about 6 km. Even though the site is dry, the maritime feeling remains strong with fresh sea breezes and typical coastal settlement. In the memory fragments of the artist, the same landscape changes in surprising ways with the changing seasons and weather conditions. The installation is an attempt to combine these fragments as one portrait of a memory in a way that would not be possible in traditional landscape painting, relating to one given moment.