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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: River With Waters So Calm That It Replaces The Sky

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

A serene 2016 home movie clip captures a tranquil river in Hidden Lake Colorado, its calm waters perfectly mirroring the sky and clouds above. The reflective surface creates a stunning visual illusion, blending nature's colors into a peaceful, almost abstract landscape. This amateur footage offers a quiet moment of natural beauty, ideal for cinematic B-roll, nature montages, or nostalgic storytelling. The peaceful mood and vivid colors evoke a sense of calm and wonder, making it perfect for documentaries, travel content, or emotional narratives.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for a travel edit, documentary passage, agency mood reel, brand film, or social cut needing calm reflected water from Hidden Lake, Colorado in 2016.
Edit role
The short 7-second clip works as a quiet transition, reflective texture, opening beat, or closer between more populated town and neighborhood shots.
Visual details
Aerial views look down over teal-green water reflecting pale clouds, with a snowy or light-colored shoreline, bare trees, and reddish residential buildings near the top edge, with no visible people.

Tags

riverskycloudswaterbeautifulwaterscalmreplacesnaturehidden lake colorado2016b-rollkindamateurintroductionbusinessnewcute4k

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
Dec 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.

Aerial view over Hidden Lake, Colorado water with cloud reflections, a curved pale shoreline, and reddish buildings at the top edge, with no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the reflective water surface and thin shoreline context. (0:00)
Aerial frame in Hidden Lake, Colorado with teal water filling most of the view, soft cloud reflections below, and a narrow shoreline with buildings along the top, with no visible people.
This moment holds the lake surface as the main texture while the shore stays near the upper frame edge. (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.