STERLING COLORADO-2015: Abandoned Pink Library in an Open Parking Lot
About this clip
This vintage home movie captures a striking scene in Sterling, Colorado: an abandoned pink library building sitting in an open parking lot. The surreal contrast of the bright pink structure against the desolate surroundings creates a hauntingly beautiful image. This archival footage offers a glimpse into forgotten Americana, blending decay with unexpected color. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about small-town abandonment and architectural oddities.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for documentary, editorial, social, or agency mood edits needing a 2015 Sterling, Colorado exterior of an empty pink library building beside an open road and parking area.
- Edit role
- Works as a short cutaway, transition, or texture beat between small-town storefront scenes, giving editors a clear exterior detail without crowds or action in the frame.
- Visual details
- A pink one-story library building sits beyond a wide paved foreground, with a darker side wall, windows, a blue bin, visible library signage, overhead utility lines, and large clouds in blue daylight sky, with no people visible.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 40 MB
- Location
- Sterling, Colorado, United States
- Year filmed
- 2015
- Published
- May 2015
Still Frames From This Clip
2 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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