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Whale Submerging Accompanied By Its Calf (Baja California Sur, 2019)

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

The adult whale submerges gracefully while the calf swims closely beside it, capturing a tender moment in the wild. Shot on a modern camera, the clip showcases natural wildlife behavior with a cinematic touch.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing aerial whale and calf behavior in open blue-green water.
Edit role
Works as a brief opener, cutaway, or transition beat showing a whale submerging with its calf beside it, with enough visual continuity for a short natural-history insert.
Visual details
A dark adult whale and smaller calf are seen from above beneath clear turquoise water, with ripples, small sun glints, pale surface texture, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The high overhead composition supports a DJI drone aerial read, keeping the whales in the water column with no horizon, shoreline, boat, or land reference visible in the frames.

Tags

seablue seawhalewhale and calfbaby whalesquirting whalesubmergingaccompaniedcalfsquirtswaterorificeanimalswildlifeeast cape BCS mexico DJIeastprointroductionnew

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
70 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.

Aerial view in Baja California Sur, Mexico of an adult whale and smaller calf just below turquoise water, with ripples and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the adult whale and calf traveling together under clear surface water. (0:00)
Overhead Baja California Sur wildlife frame with the adult whale and calf aligned vertically under textured blue-green water, no visible people.
This frame keeps both animals readable from above as they move through open water. (0:01)
Drone-style overhead view in Baja California Sur, Mexico showing the whale pair beneath green-blue water with brighter surface highlights to the right and no visible people.
The frame shows the whale pair still close together with clean water texture around them. (0:02)
Aerial frame from Baja California Sur, Mexico with the adult whale and calf appearing as dark shapes below the rippled turquoise surface, no visible people.
The darker silhouettes make the adult-and-calf relationship clear against the water. (0:03)

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