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Aerial View Of Calm Grey Water Surface

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Ocean
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

This aerial footage captures a vast expanse of calm, grey-blue water with gentle ripples moving across the surface. The camera looks down at an angle, revealing the subtle texture and movement of the waves. The scene is devoid of land, boats, or wildlife, offering a clean, minimalist background. This clip is ideal for use as a transitional shot, a background for text overlays, or to establish a serene, aquatic atmosphere in documentary or travel content.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, travel edit, agency mood reel, brand film, or social cut needing a clean aerial ocean surface without land, boats, wildlife, logos, or people in frame.
Edit role
This short 4K water texture works as a quiet opener, transition, insert, text background, or breathing beat between busier scenes.
Visual details
The frames show grey-blue open water filling the entire view, with soft surface ripples, muted daylight, no horizon, no land, no boats, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The composition is an angled aerial view looking down at the water surface, with no foreground subject, no skyline, and only subtle changes in ripple pattern across the frames.

Tags

aerialwateroceansearippleswavescalmbluegreytexturesurfacedronebackgroundminimalistnaturefluidtranquilliquidmarineocean surface

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

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

Angled aerial view of grey-blue open water at the start of the clip, with fine ripples across the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the clip as a clean water-surface texture with no land or objects in view. (0:00)
Grey-blue ocean surface fills the second frame, with faint diagonal ripple patterns and no visible people, boats, or land.
This frame shows the texture holding steady for use under titles or as a quiet transition. (0:01)
The third frame keeps the view tight on open grey water, where soft wave lines create a lightly mottled surface and no visible people appear.
The middle of the clip maintains an uncluttered water pattern without horizon or shoreline. (0:02)

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.