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TAOS NEW MEXICO-2015: A Dark Cross on a Clear Day

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Taos New, Mexico 2015
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About this clip

TAOS NEW MEXICO-2015: A dark cross stands prominently against a clear sky in this 5-second home movie clip. The scene captures a quiet, contemplative moment in a rural outdoor setting. The stark contrast between the dark cross and bright daylight creates a powerful visual symbol, evoking themes of faith, solitude, and the natural landscape. This vintage home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a moment of quiet reflection in the American Southwest.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for a Taos New Mexico travel edit, documentary sequence, faith-related story, agency mood reel, or social cut needing a simple outdoor cross against daylight sky.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway, contemplative insert, transition beat, or closer between Taos street, church, hotel, or Southwestern landscape footage.
Visual details
A dark cross rises above a rounded adobe-colored wall, with two tall vertical poles, tree branches at the edges, low buildings in the background, bright clouded sky, and no visible people.

Tags

colorobjectssymbolsoutdoorsweatherscenedarkcrosscleardaysignsTAOS new mexico C2015stock videohome moviecinematichome videobusinessabstractvideography

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
42 MB
Location
Taos New, Mexico
Year filmed
2015
Published
May 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.

Dark cross above an adobe-colored wall in Taos New Mexico, with tall poles, tree branches, low buildings, clouded daylight sky, and no visible people.
The opening frame presents the cross as a graphic outdoor detail above the wall. (0:00)
Black cross centered above a rounded adobe-colored wall in Taos New Mexico, with a leafy tree at left, branches at top right, vertical poles, and no visible people.
This frame keeps the cross centered against the bright sky for a clean insert. (0:01)
Cross silhouette, vertical poles, adobe wall, trees, and bright clouds.

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.