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Manatee Swimming in Clear Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · aerial · clip 3 of 4

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A manatee swims slowly in clear, turquoise water. The animal moves gently beneath the surface, with light reflecting off the water. The scene is calm and natural, showing the manatee in its aquatic environment.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edits, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing a quiet aerial view of a manatee in clear turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works as a short cutaway, transition, or calm texture beat between shoreline coverage, swimmer footage, and other shallow-water wildlife shots.
Visual details
A dark manatee shape moves beneath bright turquoise water, with sun glitter on the surface, faint sandy or rocky patches below, and no visible people in the frames.
Shot mechanics
The view is straight down from an aerial perspective, likely a DJI drone based on the camera hint and top-down composition, with no horizon and the animal held beneath the water surface.

Tags

manateeswimmingunderwaterclear waterturquoiseoceanshallowmarine animalmovementwater surfacelight reflectionscalmnaturalaquaticslowaerialwaterclear

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
64 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.

Top-down view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, showing a dark manatee shape under turquoise water with bright surface reflections and no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the submerged manatee form beneath clear, sunlit water. (0:00)
Aerial frame from Buzzards Beach with the manatee appearing as a soft dark form beneath turquoise water, while surface glitter gathers near the lower left and no visible people appear.
This moment shows the animal partly obscured by water color and surface sparkle. (0:01)
Top-down Buzzards Beach view with the manatee's darker underwater shape set against turquoise water, small ripples, and concentrated sun sparkle, with no visible people.
The frame keeps the wildlife subject centered in a clean aerial water texture. (0:02)
Dark underwater manatee shape near bright reflections in shallow turquoise water.

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