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A View Of A Towering Oil Rig And Waves (Huntington Beach, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps People Huntington Beach, California, United States 2020
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About this clip

A young boy in a red jacket stands on a sandy beach, watching waves crash against the shore. The sun glints off the water as seagulls fly overhead. In the distance, a towering oil rig rises from the ocean, its structure silhouetted against the sky. The scene captures a quiet moment of coastal life, blending natural beauty with industrial presence. The contrast between the serene waves and the imposing rig creates a striking visual narrative. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about modern coastal environments.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits documentary, editorial, environmental, energy, and coastal California sequences that need Huntington Beach surf with an offshore oil rig in the background.
Edit role
Use as a short cutaway or transition beat between beach activity and offshore industry, with waves carrying the foreground action across the 7-second clip.
Visual details
Foamy surf fills the foreground, sun glare flashes across the water, hazy hills sit on the horizon, and a dark offshore oil rig stands in the distance with small surfers or swimmers visible in several frames.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera telephoto-style composition layers breaking waves in the foreground, open water in the midground, and the oil rig and horizon line in the background.

Tags

waterwavesmineralsresourcesminingoilviewtoweringrigcrashingonshoreindustrialhuntington BEACH californiafootageintroductionprettyromancecute

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
61 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

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

Offshore oil rig silhouetted beyond bright breaking surf at Huntington Beach, California, with no visible people in this opening frame.
This opening frame shows the rig and sunlit wave line as the clip's main coastal-industrial composition. (0:00)
A dark offshore oil rig sits near the horizon at Huntington Beach, California, behind choppy blue-gray water and glittering surf, with no visible people.
This frame keeps the oil rig centered as the wave texture changes across the foreground. (0:01)
The offshore oil rig remains in the distance at Huntington Beach, California, while a small dark surfer or swimmer appears near the breaking wave line.
This frame adds a small human figure in the water while maintaining the rig as the background anchor. (0:02)

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