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Overhead View of a Whale Surfacing in Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

A large whale is visible in clear turquoise ocean water. The whale surfaces, creating a spray of water. The sequence shows the whale's movement as it breaks the water's surface.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation segments, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an overhead whale surfacing in clear turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works as a short insert, transition beat, or opener detail that shows a whale moving just below the surface before spray breaks across the water.
Visual details
The frames show a large whale seen from above in turquoise water, its pale shape and white surface spray changing position through the sequence, with no visible people, boats, land, logos, or buildings.
Shot mechanics
The composition is a high overhead aerial view consistent with a drone perspective, with the whale centered or offset in open water and no horizon, shoreline, or foreground obstruction visible.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterturquoisesurfacingspoutaerialoverheadmarineanimalseasurfacespraymovementclearbluecalmswimming

Shot slate

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

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.

Overhead view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, showing a whale just below the turquoise water surface with a faint pale wake and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale still mostly submerged in clear turquoise water. (0:00)
Overhead aerial frame at Buzzards Beach with the whale closer to the surface, its pale back and small white disturbance visible in open turquoise water, with no visible people.
This frame gives editors a cleaner look at the whale shape before the spray expands. (0:01)
A high overhead view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, shows the whale breaking the surface with brighter white spray against turquoise water and no visible people.
The surfacing action becomes clearer as white spray forms around the whale. (0:02)
Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach showing the whale partly surfaced near the lower left of open turquoise water, with a foamy white edge and no visible people.
The whale shifts through frame with a foamy surface trail marking its movement. (0:03)

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