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Time Lapse Of Tropical City With Setting Sun And Moving Traffic (Malibu, 2019)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Urban Malibu, California, United States 2019
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About this clip

A vibrant time-lapse of a tropical city at sunset in Malibu, California, captured in 2019. The clip showcases glowing skies, moving traffic, and dynamic urban textures, creating a cinematic and romantic atmosphere. Ideal for digital storytelling, intros, or abstract visual projects.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, documentary transitions, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts that need a Malibu sunset time-lapse with coastal city lights and traffic below.
Edit role
A short opener, transition, or closer that can bridge daytime road footage into night scenes with a visible sunset band, palm silhouette, and small moving traffic lights.
Visual details
The frames show a dark hillside or overlook above lit streets, a large palm tree silhouette in the foreground, an orange-blue sunset horizon over the coast, faint water or shoreline, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The composition appears locked from an elevated vantage point, with the palm and dark landforms framing the foreground, street lights in the lower midground, and a low horizon across the background.

Tags

eveningtropicaltraffictime-lapsecitytimelapsesettingsunmovingbackgroundstexturesmalibu californiaprofessionaldigitalintroabstractamateur

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
33 MB
Location
Malibu, 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.

Malibu, California sunset view from above with a large palm silhouette on the right, warm street lights below, a dark coastal horizon, and no visible people.
The opening frame sets the scene with a palm silhouette and city lights beneath a fading orange horizon. (0:00)
Malibu dusk frame with the palm silhouette still high on the right, a thin orange band near the horizon, scattered building and traffic lights below, and no visible people.
This moment shows the time-lapse settling into deeper blue light while the street grid remains bright below. (0:01)
Malibu sunset view with the palm trunk and fronds silhouetted near the right edge, darker foreground hills, bright road lights below, and no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the contrast between the black foreground and the warm road activity below. (0:02)
Dark palm foreground over glowing Malibu streets

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.