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Dynamic Filming Of Clouds From Space (Bolsa Chica, 2019)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Nature Bolsa Chica, California, United States 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

The footage features dramatic skies and atmospheric movement, offering a cinematic view of nature’s ever-changing patterns. With a handheld, amateur aesthetic, the clip blends natural beauty and unexpected light, creating a visually striking and contemplative moment.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
This short Bolsa Chica nature clip fits a documentary, agency mood reel, brand film, travel edit, or social cut that needs abstract night-sky cloud texture and unusual light over Southern California.
Edit role
Use it as a brief atmospheric insert, transition beat, or contemplative closer where the edit needs dark sky, drifting cloud forms, and a bright light source without people or built environment detail.
Visual details
The frames show a dark blue-black sky with soft tan and gray cloud streaks, a bright white orb-like light, small green lens reflections, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The contact sheet reads as an upward-looking composition with no horizon, ground, or foreground detail visible, and the blurred cloud positions change across the sampled seconds.

Tags

unexpected lightstrangespacesatellite filmingoceancolddynamicfilmingcloudsnaturebolsa chica californiastunningprofessionalamateur

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
6 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.

Dark sky over Bolsa Chica with blurred tan-gray cloud shapes, a small bright light near the lower edge, and no visible people.
The opening frame gives the clip an abstract night-sky texture with cloud blur and isolated light. (0:00)
A bright round light hangs over soft, smeared clouds in the dark Bolsa Chica sky, with no visible people.
This frame centers the bright light and gives editors a clearer moonlike focal point within the cloud texture. (0:01)
Scattered tan cloud bands cross a blue-black Bolsa Chica sky while a bright light sits near the lower edge, with no visible people.
The third sampled second shows more open dark sky around the cloud bands and light. (0:02)
A large gray cloud mass fills the left side of the Bolsa Chica night sky while a bright white light glows near the top, with no visible people.
This frame shows the cloud mass taking over more of the view while the light remains exposed. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.