WESTMINSTER COLORADO-2015: A Small Triangular Piece Of Shale Rock
About this clip
A close-up shot of a small triangular piece of shale rock, in Westminster, Colorado, in 2015. The natural texture and dark, layered surface of the stone are highlighted in this intimate home movie clip. This brief, abstract moment offers a tactile glimpse into geological detail, perfect for industrial, environmental, or educational content. The raw, unfiltered quality of the Super 8 footage adds a nostalgic and cinematic feel, ideal for documentaries, nature studies, or creative b-roll.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for documentary, education, environmental, industrial, or geology-focused edits needing a close study of shale rock texture from Westminster, Colorado.
- Edit role
- The six-second clip works as a short insert, cutaway, texture beat, or transition between broader nature, pollution, mining, or material science scenes.
- Visual details
- A small dark triangular shale fragment fills most frames against a warm off-white background, with layered edges, pale scratches, glossy patches, and no visible people.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 41 MB
- Location
- Westminster, Colorado, United States
- Year filmed
- 2015
- Published
- Jan 2015
Still Frames From This Clip
3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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