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Fading Ancient Rock Paintings on Cave Ceiling (Santa Rosalia, 2022)

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

The video shows ancient rock paintings on a cave ceiling. The red pigment of a figure on the right side gradually fades over time. The black and red markings on the stone surface become less distinct as the sequence progresses.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Use this 4K clip in documentaries, archaeology segments, educational edits, travel programs, or museum-style social cuts about ancient rock art in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The seven-second view works as a close insert or texture beat between wider cave shelter shots, giving editors a focused look at pigment fading on a rock ceiling.
Visual details
Gray stone fills the frame with red and darker line markings across an uneven cave ceiling, pale highlights on lower rock surfaces, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
A ground camera frames the cave ceiling from below in a tight composition, with rough rock edges in the foreground and painted stone planes receding across the frame.

Tags

rock artcave ceilingancient paintingsred pigmentblack linesfadingtime-lapsestoneprehistoricartceilingrockcavemarkingspigmentancientprehistoric artpaintings

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
83 MB
Location
Santa Rosalia, 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.

Opening frame of ancient rock paintings on a gray cave ceiling in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, with red pigment and darker line marks visible and no visible people.
The clip begins on a close view of painted stone across the cave ceiling. (0:00)
Second frame showing faded red pigment spread across uneven gray ceiling rock in Santa Rosalia, with darker linear marks near the upper stone and no visible people.
This moment shows the worn red paint and blackish line work on the ceiling surface. (0:01)
Third frame of ancient red pictographs and dark marks on pale gray stone in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, with the painted ceiling filling the view and no visible people.
The frame gives editors a clean insert of the pictograph surface without modern objects. (0:02)

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