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Aerial View Of Whale Swimming In Ocean · clip 2 of 5

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife
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About this clip

An aerial drone shot captures a large whale swimming just beneath the surface of the calm ocean. The camera looks down at the water, revealing the dark silhouette of the marine mammal moving through the grey-blue sea. Gentle ripples and waves disturb the surface around the animal. This footage provides a clear, high-angle perspective of marine wildlife in its natural habitat, suitable for nature documentaries or environmental storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial whale footage for nature documentary segments, environmental stories, conservation edits, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a top-down marine wildlife moment over open grey-blue water.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway or quiet transition beat between ocean scenes, giving editors a clear overhead view of the whale beneath the surface without crowds, boats, shoreline, or visible human activity.
Visual details
The frames show rippled grey-blue ocean seen from above, with a dark whale silhouette moving just below the surface and no visible people, vessels, land, logos, or built structures.
Shot mechanics
High-angle drone composition looks straight down at open water, holding the whale in the frame against a broad field of surface texture with no horizon or foreground objects visible.

Tags

whaleoceanseamarine lifewildlifeaerialdronewaterswimmingnatureanimalsilhouettesurfacewavesbluegreycalmmammaltop downenvironment

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
69 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.

Top-down view of a dark whale silhouette just below rippled grey-blue ocean water, with no visible people or boats.
The opening frame establishes the whale as a muted shape beneath the surface of open water. (0:00)
A dark whale shape sits under the lightly rippled ocean surface, surrounded only by grey-blue water and no visible people.
This frame keeps the whale centered within a clean overhead field of ocean texture. (0:01)
The whale remains visible as a soft dark form beneath open grey-blue water, with the surrounding surface broken by small ripples.
The mid-clip frame shows the animal still readable through the textured sea surface. (0:02)
Whale shadow below pale rippled ocean surface

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