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Highway traffic in Bolsa Chica, California, United States, 2019

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Road Bolsa Chica, California, United States 2019
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About this clip

BOLSA CHICA CALIFORNIA-2019: Time-lapse footage captures fast-moving automobiles on a sun-drenched highway, showcasing congestion and stop-and-go traffic. Warm lighting and palm trees line the route, emphasizing a sense of motion and travel.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, documentary segments, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing modern road traffic around Bolsa Chica, California.
Edit role
The short time-lapse works as a quick transition, traffic texture, route insert, or movement beat between broader travel or transportation scenes.
Visual details
Frames show palm-lined roads, moving cars, a wide divided highway, hazy coastal light, construction barrels, and a roadside booth, with no clearly visible faces.
Shot mechanics
The clip reads as road-level wide-angle time-lapse footage, moving through foreground lanes, midground traffic, and low horizons rather than aerial drone coverage.

Tags

turnpikefastacceleratedcongestionstopgoautomobilestravelwarmpalm treestimelapsehighwayeventuallyboothtransportationbolsa chica californiakindpro

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
56 MB
Location
Bolsa Chica, California, United States
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.

Wide road in Bolsa Chica, California with palm trees, cars, low roadside buildings, blue sky, and no clearly visible faces.
The opening frame sets up a palm-lined urban road environment for the traffic sequence. (0:00)
Road-level view in Bolsa Chica, California showing open lanes, a parking area, low commercial structures, palm trees, and no visible people.
This moment shows the route passing a roadside parking and commercial area before the highway opens up. (0:01)
Bolsa Chica, California traffic scene with cars, pickup trucks, palm trees, signal lights, lane markings, and no clearly visible faces.
The frame gives the clip its stop-and-go traffic detail at a signalized road section. (0:02)
Open divided road beside flat wetlands and a distant bridge.

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