Photorealistic Lake in a Mesa Landscape

Photorealistic landscape of a tranquil lake nestled in a vast mesa country. The water is glassy turquoise, mirroring towering red and orange mesas with stratified rock layers and sheer cliffs. In the foreground, a sandy, pebble-strewn shore with sparse desert vegetation and small junipers; midground shows a line of pinyon pines along the water’s edge. The background unfolds a sweeping panorama of mesas, buttes, and distant plateaus under a bright blue sky with wispy clouds. Golden-hour lighting casts warm tones, long shadows, and a subtle rim light on the mesa crests. Ultra-detailed rock textures, realistic water reflections with gentle ripples, crisp foreground and expansive distance. Color palette: blues and teals of the lake, reds and ochres of the rock, greens of shrubs, warm sunlight. Render with a wide-angle perspective, high dynamic range, and natural depth of field to convey vast scale and serenity, 8k realism.