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Aerial View Of Large Whale Swimming Underwater

5s 4K UHD
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 massive whale swimming just beneath the surface of the ocean. The camera looks down through the greenish-blue water, revealing the dark silhouette of the marine mammal as it glides through the ripples. The shot provides a unique perspective of the creature's movement and size relative to the water. Ideal for nature documentaries, wildlife conservation projects, or scenes requiring a sense of scale and oceanic atmosphere.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits wildlife documentaries, ocean conservation pieces, nature explainers, and agency mood reels needing a top-down view of a whale moving beneath open water.
Edit role
Use as a short opener, cutaway, or transitional beat that gives scale and marine context without people, shoreline, boats, or built structures in frame.

Tags

whaleoceanunderwatermarine lifeswimmingaerialdroneseawaterwildlifenaturesilhouettesurfaceoceanicmammalbluecalmdocumentaryconservationdeep sea

Shot slate

Resolution
4K UHD
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
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.

Top-down view of green-blue ocean ripples with a faint dark whale silhouette barely visible beneath the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the whale as a submerged shape under textured ocean water. (0:00)
A dark underwater whale silhouette sits below the rippled green-blue surface, with pale streaks of reflected light and no visible people.
This frame shows the whale slightly more readable beneath the moving surface texture. (0:01)

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