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An Oil Tanker Ship Is Seen Afar (Huntington Beach, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Ocean Huntington Beach, California, United States 2020
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

The scene features a large tanker moving across the horizon under a clear sky, with calm ocean waters reflecting the sunlight. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic visual storytelling about coastal life and transportation.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits documentary, editorial, environmental, transportation, or coastal California projects needing a distant offshore oil platform seen from Huntington Beach at sunset.
Edit role
Use as a short cutaway, transition, or reflective closer between beach activity and broader energy, shipping, or coastline context.
Visual details
Dark ocean waves fill the foreground, a distant offshore oil platform sits near the horizon, a hazy landform is visible to the right, and the sky shifts in pink and orange sunset light with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera coastal composition with a low ocean foreground, level horizon, distant platform in the background, and repeated framing that keeps the rig small against the sea and sky.

Tags

oiloil tanktanknaturecatchtankershipafarobjectshuntington BEACH californiabuybusinessabstractstock videofootagestunningartintro

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
53 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
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.

A distant offshore oil platform sits left of center beyond dark ocean waves in Huntington Beach, California, with a hazy landform on the right and no visible people.
The opening frame sets the platform against a pink-orange horizon and rolling surf. (0:00)
The offshore oil platform remains near the left horizon in Huntington Beach, California, with textured dark water in front, warm sunset sky above, and no visible people.
This frame shows the rig holding small in the composition while wave texture fills most of the foreground. (0:01)
An offshore oil platform appears as a dark silhouette near the horizon at Huntington Beach, California, with the sea surface rougher in the foreground and no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the industrial silhouette against the layered sunset color. (0:02)
The platform sits left of center across a band of ocean at Huntington Beach, California, with a broad hazy landform to the right and no visible people in frame.
This moment keeps the coastline and platform separated by open water for an uncluttered cutaway. (0:03)

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