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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: High Altitude Footage Of A Body Of Dark Dirty Water

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

High-altitude footage from Hidden Lake Colorado in 2016 captures a body of dark, murky water under a sunny sky. A small animal is visible near the edge, with the shadow of a tree stretching across the scene. The natural setting suggests a remote, untouched environment, with the water appearing still and deep. This amateur home movie offers a quiet, contemplative moment in nature, evoking a sense of isolation and quiet beauty. The clip carries a nostalgic, authentic feel, ideal for documentaries, nature montages, or historical storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, nature montage, travel edit, or agency mood reel needing high-altitude 4K footage of murky lake water at Hidden Lake, Colorado with no visible people.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway, texture beat, or quiet transition between broader Colorado aerials and closer nature details, with only a few seconds of water surface and shadow detail.

Tags

small animaldirty watersunny dayshadow of a treenature scenepossible drown footagehighaltitudefootagebodydarkdirtywatertreedistanceanimalnaturehidden lake colorado2016cute

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
Nov 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.

High-angle view of green-gray water at Hidden Lake, Colorado, with a dark tree shadow entering from the top edge and no visible people.
The opening frame presents the murky lake surface as a simple nature texture with shadow along the upper edge. (0:00)
Murky Hidden Lake water fills the frame while the tree shadow sits across the upper portion, with faint surface specks and no visible people.
This second frame holds on the shadowed water surface for an understated environmental insert. (0:01)

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