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Aerial View of Whale and Calf Swimming

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife
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About this clip

An aerial drone shot captures a large whale and its calf swimming together in calm, grey-blue ocean waters. The camera looks down at the surface, tracking the marine mammals as they move through the gentle ripples. The scene is quiet and serene, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in their natural habitat. This footage is ideal for nature documentaries, environmental awareness campaigns, or travel content featuring marine life.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, environmental films, marine conservation edits, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a top-down view of a whale and calf in open water.
Edit role
This short aerial shot works as a quiet cutaway, transition, or reflective beat between closer marine-life shots or narration about whales, parenting, migration, or ocean habitat.
Visual details
A large whale and smaller calf are faintly visible just below or at the grey-blue ocean surface, surrounded by light ripples and open water with no land, boats, or visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support a high, downward drone composition over open ocean, with the whale and calf small in frame and no visible horizon, shoreline, foreground objects, or handheld shake.

Tags

whalecalfoceanseamarine lifewildlifeaerialdroneswimmingwaternaturedocumentarymammalcalmsurface4kuhdstock footagefootage.cool

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
70 MB
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 whale and calf appear near the left side of a high aerial frame over rippled grey-blue ocean, with no visible people.
The opening frame places the whale and calf small in a wide expanse of open water. (0:00)
The whale and calf sit slightly farther into the aerial view, still surrounded only by textured grey-blue water and no visible people.
This second frame keeps the marine pair isolated against the water surface for a quiet cutaway. (0:01)
A top-down ocean view shows the whale and calf near the upper portion of the frame, with muted water color and no boats or visible people.
The subjects remain small in frame, emphasizing scale and open ocean habitat. (0:02)
The whale and calf are faintly seen below or at the surface in a broad aerial field of grey-blue ripples, with no shoreline and no visible people.
This moment shows the animals less distinctly as the water surface softens their outlines. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.