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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: Port Town Facing Serious Drought With Lack Of Rain

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States 2016
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

This vintage home movie captures a quiet port town in Colorado facing a severe drought. The landscape reveals dry, cracked earth and barren shores, emphasizing the absence of rain and the environmental strain. The footage offers a poignant glimpse into the region’s struggle with water scarcity, blending natural beauty with a somber mood. This cinematic home movie provides authentic, raw footage ideal for documentaries, environmental storytelling, or historical context on climate challenges.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, climate reporting, local news packages, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing a 4K aerial view of a partially frozen Colorado lake beside a residential shoreline.
Edit role
Best as a short opener, transition, or cutaway that places a drought or lakeside-town story before moving into closer neighborhood, shoreline, or infrastructure shots.
Visual details
The frames show a broad gray lake surface with ice, open water near the far shore, winter-bare trees, lakeside homes, docks or small shoreline structures, a low horizon, muted daylight, and no visible people.

Tags

watersandportcityabsencetownfacingseriousdroughtlackrainnaturehidden lake colorado2016cinematichome moviekindinspirationpretty

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, with gray ice in the foreground, open water near the far shore, lakeside homes, winter-bare trees, and no visible people.
The opening frame places the frozen lake surface in front of the residential shoreline. (0:00)
Hidden Lake, Colorado appears from above with textured ice across the foreground, a darker open-water patch by the shore, homes and trees along the bank, and no visible people.
This frame shows the contrast between ice texture and the open-water edge near the neighborhood. (0:01)

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