Utah-1970: Time-Lapse of a Red Sandstone Butte as Clouds Stream Past at Sunset

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationUtah, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1970 · Utah, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

desert landscape
passage of time
changing light
geology
American Southwest
wilderness
time-lapse photography

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · eye level, looking slightly up at the butte
Setting: outdoor · desert canyon country with a sandstone butte above layered slickrock benches
Time and weather: sunset · partly cloudy with fast-moving streaked cloud
Lighting: low evening sun breaking through cloud, briefly lighting the butte orange before fading
People: 0
Objects: sandstone butte · slickrock benches · dead juniper snags · desert shrubs · cloud bank
Colors: red-brown · orange · violet-blue · pale cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The butte stands in even, muted light with a bright pale cloud bank behind its left side.
Streaks of cloud stream across the blue sky and a hair flickers briefly in the film gate.
The pale cloud bank draws back and the rock begins to warm in colour.
Low sun lights the right face of the butte a glowing orange.
The orange light fades and the butte returns to dull red.

Time-Lapse of a Red Sandstone Butte as Clouds Stream... — Clip Details

Likely southeastern Utah, circa 1970 home movie footage of a red sandstone butte filmed in time-lapse. The banded rock rises above layered slickrock benches, with dead juniper snags standing in the lower right foreground. Streaks of cloud stream across a blue sky while a bright, pale cloud bank on the left horizon shifts and shrinks. Near the end low sun turns the right face of the butte a glowing orange before the light fades, all from one locked-off camera position.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotTime-lapse
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000507

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1970 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Utah, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for period small-gauge scenery of the American Southwest, circa 1970, as an establishing or passage-of-time shot in documentary and educational work.
Period detail: Nothing man-made is in frame; the grainy, saturated 8mm reversal colour may show a late 1960s to 1970s film stock.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor took the trouble to lock the camera down and shoot frame by frame, an unusually patient time-lapse for an amateur reel.
What appears in frame: A banded red sandstone butte, layered slickrock benches, dead juniper snags at lower right, dark shrubs, streaked cloud in a blue sky and a pale cloud bank on the left horizon.
Film character: Heavy grain, saturated reds and a violet-blue sky give a warm reversal-film texture, with a brief hair and dust specks from projection.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot, a passage-of-time transition or a closing sunset beat.
Historical context: The scene shows undeveloped canyon country with no roads, buildings or visitors in view, as an amateur filmmaker recorded it on 8mm film.
Research note: No people, logos or signs appear; the exact location is unconfirmed, and copyright in the film is a separate question from any property or site permissions.
Research search match: 8mm desert butte time-lapse, vintage red rock sunset footage, circa 1970 Utah canyon country home movie, clouds over sandstone butte.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with circa 1970 southeastern Utah canyon scenery, then with other vintage desert sunset or cloud time-lapse clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red sandstone butte in muted light above slickrock benches, probably southeastern Utah, circa 1970, on 8mm film. — The butte in even, muted light at the start of the time-lapse, with a bright cloud bank behind its left side.
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Clouds streak over a banded sandstone butte in likely Utah canyon country, circa 1970, in an 8mm time-lapse. — Midway through the shot, cloud streams across the sky and the upper rock begins to warm in colour.
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Evening sun starts to colour the upper face of a red rock butte, probably southeastern Utah, circa 1970 home movie. — Low sun begins to reach the upper right face of the butte as the cloud bank draws back.
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Sunset lights a sandstone butte glowing orange above shadowed slickrock, likely Utah, circa 1970, 8mm film frame. — The peak of the sunset light: the right face of the butte glows orange while the benches below stay in shadow.
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