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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: River Or Lake Of Cloudy Color Without Waterway

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States 2016
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About this clip

A 2016 home movie clip captures a hidden lake in Colorado with murky, cloudy water under an overcast sky. The natural scene shows no visible waterway or movement, emphasizing stillness and isolation. The footage has a soft, nostalgic quality with muted tones and subtle color shifts. This cinematic B-roll offers a quiet, contemplative moment in nature, ideal for documentaries, ambient montages, or emotional storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, travel edit, agency mood reel, or brand film needing abstract aerial water texture from Hidden Lake, Colorado without buildings, crowds, or visible activity.
Edit role
Works as a short ambient insert, transition, or contemplative beat between busier location shots, using the muted water surface as a quiet visual reset.
Visual details
The frames show cloudy green-gray lake water filling the image, with soft overcast reflections, subtle ripples, no shoreline, no boats, and no visible people.

Tags

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Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MOV
File size
40 MB
Location
Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States
Year filmed
2016
Published
Oct 2016

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.

Cloudy green-gray water at Hidden Lake, Colorado fills the frame at the start, with soft ripple texture and no visible people.
The opening frame presents the lake surface as an abstract natural texture. (0:00)
A muted section of Hidden Lake water shows pale overcast reflections across the rippled green-gray surface, with no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the cloudy color and fine surface movement of the water. (0:01)

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