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Whale Surfacing and Swimming in Turquoise Ocean (Shipwrecks, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A whale surfaces and swims in clear turquoise ocean water. The animal moves through the water, creating splashes and ripples. The aerial view captures the whale's motion and the ocean's surface.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edit, marine conservation story, brand film, or social cut needing a lone whale visible from above in turquoise water.
Edit role
Works as a six-second cutaway, insert, or transition beat showing the whale progressing across open water and briefly disturbing the surface with splashes.
Visual details
A pale whale is seen from above in clear turquoise ocean, with bright rippled water filling the frame and no visible people, boats, shoreline, buildings, or logos.
Shot mechanics
The clip reads as aerial drone footage with a straight-down composition, open water edge to edge, no horizon, and the whale held as the only moving subject in the frame sequence.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterturquoiseaerialsurfaceswimmingbreachingsplashmarineanimalmovementclearblueseawildlifenaturaldolphin

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
80 MB
Location
Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Apr 2023

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.

A pale whale shape appears beneath rippled turquoise water at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, with no visible people or boats.
The opening frame places the whale alone in clear open water before the larger surface disturbance begins. (0:00)
The whale is more centered under the blue-green ocean surface at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, surrounded by bright wind ripples and no visible people.
This frame shows the animal continuing through open water with the drone looking straight down. (0:01)
The whale appears just below the surface in turquoise water at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, with a slightly clearer body outline and no visible people.
The body outline becomes easier to read as the whale nears the surface in the aerial view. (0:02)

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