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Oil Spill Drifting in Shallow Coastal Waters (San Carlos, 2022)

8s 4K UHD 29.97fps Aerial San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

An aerial view captures a dark oil spill drifting in shallow coastal waters. The spill's shape and position shift slightly across frames, indicating movement. The surrounding landscape includes green land, a road, and a distant horizon with scattered clouds.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial footage for environmental documentary, news-style explainers, agency issue films, or social edits needing a visible oil spill in shallow coastal water near San Carlos, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
Use this 8-second drone view as an opener, evidence insert, or transition beat between coastal beauty coverage and pollution context.
Visual details
Dark slicks spread through teal shallow water beside green marshy land, sandy flats, a road or causeway, distant industrial-looking structures, pale desert terrain, blue sky, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
High oblique aerial composition from a DJI-style drone viewpoint, with water and marshland in the foreground, road and shoreline in the midground, and a flat horizon across the background.

Tags

oil spillcoastalwateraerialmovementdarkbluegreenlandroadskycloudsenvironmentalpollutionshallowdriftingcurrentwaterway

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
8s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
99 MB
Location
San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
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.

Aerial frame over San Carlos, Baja California Sur showing dark oil slick patterns in teal shallow water beside green marshland, a road, distant desert flats, and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the spill pattern spread across shallow coastal water with the road and open terrain for scale. (0:00)
At 0:01, the San Carlos aerial view holds on dark slicks in shallow water, with green landforms, sandy bars, a roadway crossing the right side, and no visible people.
This moment keeps the spill centered while showing the surrounding wetland edges and access road. (0:01)
At 0:02, dark spill streaks remain visible across the teal shallows off San Carlos, Baja California Sur, with marsh green, a pale road, distant structures, and no visible people.
The frame gives editors a broad pollution view with the spill, shoreline, road, and horizon all readable. (0:02)

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