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Manatee Gliding Underwater in Turquoise Sea (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

A manatee swims slowly beneath the surface of clear turquoise water. The animal's large, dark shape is visible through the calm, sunlit sea. Gentle movements of the manatee create subtle changes in its underwater silhouette.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edit, conservation piece, agency mood reel, or social cut needing a manatee-like marine animal visible beneath clear turquoise sea.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works as a quiet insert, transition, or breathing beat between shoreline coverage and closer underwater or swimmer shots.
Visual details
A large dark marine animal silhouette glides under sunlit turquoise water, with small surface sparkles, soft sand color below, and no clearly visible people in these sampled frames.
Shot mechanics
The view is straight down from above, consistent with aerial drone framing, with the animal centered under the water surface and no horizon or shoreline visible.

Tags

manateeunderwaterswimmingturquoise waterclear watermarine animaloceanseacalm waterlight reflectionsslow motionaquaticwildlifenaturalserenepersonbluesunlight

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
63 MB
Location
Buzzards Beach, 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.

At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, a dark submerged marine animal shape sits beneath clear turquoise water with bright surface specks and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the animal as a broad dark form below the sunlit water surface. (0:00)
The underwater animal remains visible near the center of the frame, softened by ripples in the turquoise sea at Buzzards Beach with no visible people.
This moment keeps the submerged animal readable while surface glare shifts across the water. (0:01)
A large dark marine animal silhouette appears slightly right of center below bright turquoise water, with scattered light reflections and no visible people.
The frame gives editors a clean overhead view of the animal against open water. (0:02)

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