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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: We Need Running Water Like This

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

A serene 5-second clip from 2016 capturing the gentle ripple of water at Hidden Lake Colorado. The natural movement of the surface creates a calming, abstract pattern, evoking a sense of peace and connection to nature. This home movie footage offers a quiet, cinematic moment ideal for nature-themed projects, environmental storytelling, or tranquil background visuals. Shot in digital format, the scene highlights the beauty of untouched water in a hidden alpine setting.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
A travel edit, environmental documentary, agency mood reel, brand film, or social cut can use this Hidden Lake Colorado water surface clip as quiet natural texture.
Edit role
The short runtime works best as a cutaway, transition, pause beat, or background insert between wider landscape, town, or aerial shots from the same Colorado collection.
Visual details
The frames show only green-gray lake water filling the view, with small ripples, soft pale reflections, no shoreline, no buildings, and no visible people despite the clip facts flag.

Tags

ripplewateroceanbodybiglargerunningnaturehidden lake colorado2016footagebuybusinessb-rollcinematicstunningabstractart

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.

A downward view of green-gray rippled water at Hidden Lake, Colorado, with pale reflections near the upper edge and no visible people.
The opening frame gives buyers an abstract water surface with muted color and gentle ripple detail. (0:00)
Muted Hidden Lake water fills the frame, with faint diagonal ripple texture and a lighter reflective patch along the top portion, no visible people.
This moment keeps the frame free of shore or structures, useful as clean natural texture. (0:01)

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.