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Dusk Cityscape with Intense Fire and Black Smoke (San Jose del Cabo, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Urban San Jose del Cabo, 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 city at dusk is illuminated by numerous lights, with a large fire burning in the distance. Thick black smoke rises from the fire, contrasting against the darkening sky. The urban landscape remains static while the fire and smoke show slight variations in intensity across the sequence.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, news-adjacent, agency mood reel, or social edits needing a 2023 San Jose del Cabo aerial view of an urban fire at dusk.
Edit role
Works as a short dramatic insert or transition beat between calmer city coverage and emergency context, with six seconds of dusk skyline, flames, and smoke.
Visual details
A lit city grid fills the foreground and midground at dusk while bright orange flames burn in the distance and a thick black smoke column drifts across the dark blue sky, with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone vantage with a wide static composition, city lights below, low hills on the horizon, and the fire positioned near the center distance.

Tags

cityduskfiresmokeblack smokeurbannightlightsflamesaerialburningdarkskybuildingsstreet lightsemergencyintenseeveningdrone

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
91 MB
Location
San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

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.

A wide aerial view over San Jose del Cabo at dusk shows city lights below, orange flames in the distance, a black smoke column above, and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the city lights and the distant fire under a darkening sky. (0:00)
San Jose del Cabo appears from a high aerial angle with a bright fire near the horizon, scattered street lights below, black smoke spreading overhead, and no visible people.
This frame keeps the fire centered while the smoke spreads across the upper sky. (0:01)
A broad San Jose del Cabo cityscape shows clustered lights in the foreground, a concentrated orange blaze in the distance, dense black smoke, and no visible people.
The frame shows the strongest contrast between the orange fire and the blue dusk sky. (0:02)
From above San Jose del Cabo, the lower frame is filled with dark buildings and bright street lights while the fire burns near the horizon under a heavy smoke plume, with no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the scale of the smoke plume over the surrounding urban area. (0:03)

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