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A Recording Of Some Garbage Floating In The Middle Of (Baja California Sur, 2019)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Ocean Baja California Sur, Mexico 2019
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About this clip

Shot on a digital camera, this raw footage shows plastic waste drifting in the middle of the sea, highlighting environmental pollution. The amateur recording offers a stark, real-world view of marine debris, with the open water and distant horizon creating a somber, reflective mood. This authentic 5-second clip serves as powerful B-roll for documentaries, environmental campaigns, or editorial content on ocean conservation and plastic pollution.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Environmental documentary, conservation campaign, news package, or social edit needing an overhead view of marine debris drifting in clear water near Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Edit role
Use this short clip as a cutaway, insert, or visual beat after wider ocean coverage to focus attention on a small piece of floating garbage in open water.
Visual details
Top-down turquoise sea fills the frame with a small pale floating object and a reflective round piece of debris or buoy-like item below it, with faint tether-like lines and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition, likely from a DJI drone per the filename hint, with the debris held near the upper or central frame against open water and no horizon visible.

Tags

seacleargarbagefloatingnaturerecordingmiddleeast cape BCS mexico DJIeastb-rolldigitalabstractamateurintrovideography4kfootagebuy

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
57 MB
Location
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2019
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.

Overhead view of turquoise sea in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with a small pale floating object above a reflective round piece and no visible people.
The opening frame isolates floating debris against a wide field of clear water. (0:00)
A small debris cluster sits high in the frame over green-blue water in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with the reflective round item separated below it and no visible people.
This frame keeps the garbage small in scale, useful as an insert within broader ocean coverage. (0:01)
Floating trash appears near the top of the overhead frame above a round reflective object in turquoise Baja California Sur water, with no visible people.
The debris remains isolated, giving editors a clean pollution detail without shoreline or boats. (0:02)
Overhead sea surface with pale debris and reflective object.

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