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MIGRINO BCS MEXICO-2023: Large Plume Of Smoke Rising From The Mountains

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

A dramatic clip from 2023 captures a massive plume of smoke rising over the mountains in Migrino, BCS, Mexico. The scene unfolds in a vast natural landscape with a distant forest fire sending thick smoke into the sky, creating a haunting silhouette against the horizon. Shot on vintage film, the footage conveys a sense of urgency and environmental tension, with no humans in sight. The smoke billows steadily, blending with clouds and casting a hazy glow over the rugged terrain. This raw, unfiltered moment reflects the growing impact of wildfires in remote regions, offering powerful imagery for documentaries, environmental storytelling, and historical context on climate-related disasters.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, environmental reporting, agency mood reels, or social edits needing an aerial view of smoke from a distant forest fire over Migrino, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a cutaway or transition beat that places a fire plume beyond rural roads and scrubland before moving into closer wildfire, climate, or regional travel coverage.
Visual details
A broad aerial view shows green-brown desert scrub, pale dirt roads, scattered small structures, blue mountains, and a large white-gray smoke plume spreading across a clear daytime sky with no visible people.

Tags

migrinoBCSmexico2023rasquacheforest fires in the distancesmoke rising in the backgroundsmoke billows over the horizonsceneryoutdoorsno humansskylandscaperoaddaynaturecloudmountaincitylarge

Shot slate

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

Still Frames From This Clip

2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Aerial view in Migrino, Baja California Sur, showing scrubland, pale dirt tracks, distant mountains, and a white-gray smoke plume rising on the horizon with no visible people.
The opening frame places the smoke plume beyond rural scrubland and dirt roads. (0:00)
Wide aerial frame over Migrino, Baja California Sur, with green-brown terrain, a central dirt road, low hills, distant mountains, and smoke thickening across the horizon with no visible people.
This frame emphasizes the scale of the smoke cloud against the mountain backdrop. (0:01)

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