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View From Above Of A Whale Swimming In The Water With (Baja California Sur, 2019)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Aerial Baja California Sur, Mexico 2019
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

Shot on a aerial in 2019 at East Cape BCS, Mexico, this aerial footage captures a whale swimming gracefully through the ocean. The view from above highlights the whale’s massive form gliding through calm waters, with its fin cutting through the surface. The natural setting offers a serene, cinematic perspective of marine life in its habitat.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, conservation, travel edit, agency mood reel, or brand film segments needing overhead 4K footage of a whale moving through blue-green water in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Edit role
The short runtime works as a quiet cutaway, transition, or insert between wider marine-life beats, with the whale held near frame center as surface glitter provides visual texture.
Visual details
A single whale is visible below the teal ocean surface, its dark body and fin partly obscured by ripples, white wake, and bright sun reflections, with no people, boats, shoreline, or buildings visible.
Shot mechanics
Aerial drone framing looks straight down over open water with no horizon, using the whale as the mid-frame subject and the surrounding ocean surface as full-frame background.

Tags

animalwhalewhale cubseawaterfinwindviewswimmingcubnatureeast cape BCS mexico DJIeaststock videoamateurdigitalcinematic

Shot slate

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

Overhead view in Baja California Sur, Mexico of a dark whale shape just below teal water with bright sun flecks and no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the whale beneath a textured ocean surface. (0:00)
Aerial frame from Baja California Sur, Mexico showing the whale's body and fin under rippled water with a patch of white wake and no visible people.
This moment shows the whale's fin and body outline more clearly under the surface. (0:01)
Top-down view in Baja California Sur, Mexico with the whale near frame center, white disturbance around its side, and dense sun sparkle to the right, with no visible people.
The frame captures the whale moving beside a bright band of reflected light. (0:02)

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