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PALISADES COLORADO USA-2023: Large Open Desert Area With A Dirt Road

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Palisades, Colorado, United States 2023
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

A wide establishing shot of a vast desert landscape in Palisades, Colorado, captured on vintage film. The scene features a dirt road winding through an open, arid expanse under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The terrain showcases the rugged beauty of the mesa plateau, with expansive views of sand, dirt, and natural formations. This serene, human-free footage highlights the raw, untouched scenery of the American Southwest, perfect for nature documentaries or nostalgic travel content.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial desert plateau footage for a Colorado travel edit, landscape documentary, agency mood reel, brand film, or social cut needing open arid terrain with no visible people.
Edit role
Use this 6-second wide aerial view as a brief opener, geography cutaway, transition beat, or closing texture between tighter road, village, or mountain shots from the Palisades Colorado collection.
Visual details
The frames show a broad tan desert floor, a dirt road and paved road below, steep mesa ridges across the midground, hazy distant flats, blue sky, scattered white clouds, and no visible people.

Tags

palisadescoloradoUSA2023plein airmesa plateaubeautiful new mexico landscapewide establishing shotsceneryoutdoorsno humansskyclouddaysandoceanblue skybeachhorizonlarge

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
73 MB
Location
Palisades, Colorado, United States
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

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.

At 0:00, a wide aerial view over Palisades, Colorado shows tan desert ground, roads in the lower frame, a long mesa ridge, scattered clouds, and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the open desert floor and long ridge line from above. (0:00)
At 0:01, the Palisades, Colorado landscape remains wide, with the road network low in frame, a shadowed mesa face across the center, hazy flats beyond, and no visible people.
This frame keeps the road detail visible while emphasizing the scale of the ridge and open valley. (0:01)

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