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Aerial Large Open Area With A Road And A Mountain (Palisades, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Aerial 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

Aerial footage from 2023 captures a vast open landscape in Palisades, Colorado, featuring a winding road cutting through sandy terrain beneath a towering mountain. The wide establishing shot reveals the expansive mesa plateau under a clear sky, showcasing the rugged beauty of the American Southwest. Shot on vintage film, this scenic clip offers a nostalgic, cinematic view of nature’s grandeur without human presence, ideal for documentaries, travel content, or historical montages.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, regional documentaries, agency mood reels, and brand films needing an aerial view of dry Colorado terrain, roads, and a mountain backdrop.
Edit role
A six-second aerial cutaway or transition that can bridge from town or road footage into broader landscape coverage of Palisades, Colorado.
Visual details
The frames show tan desert flats, winding roads, highway lanes, small structures, green patches near the bottom edge, and a steep ridged mountain wall under pale daylight with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The composition reads as a high drone aerial with roads in the foreground, open sandy terrain through the midground, and a long mountain ridge holding the horizon.

Tags

palisadescoloradoplein airmesa plateaurendered in 4 kwide establishing shotsceneryoutdoorsno humansdaysandlandscapemountainskyaeriallargeopenarea

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

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Opening aerial frame over Palisades, Colorado, showing highway lanes, a smaller road, tan open ground, green patches at the bottom edge, and a ridged mountain wall with no visible people.
The first frame establishes the road network and broad dry landscape beneath the mountain ridge. (0:00)
One second into the Palisades, Colorado aerial, the highway sits across the lower frame while pale sandy flats lead toward the eroded mountain ridge, with no visible people.
This moment keeps the highway foreground prominent while showing the scale of the open terrain behind it. (0:01)
At 0:02, the Palisades, Colorado view shows road corridors across the bottom third, scattered structures near the lower edge, dry washes, and a long mountain ridge with no visible people.
The frame emphasizes how the roads cut across dry open land before the terrain rises into the ridge. (0:02)
Halfway through the clip, the aerial over Palisades, Colorado shows a diagonal road, a multi-lane highway, broad sandy ground, and rugged shadowed mountain folds with no visible people.
This frame gives a clear diagonal road line for editors who need a graphic transition across the landscape. (0:03)

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.