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Manta Ray Gliding Through Clear Turquoise Water (Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo, 2022)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Playa El Arbolito, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A manta ray swims through clear turquoise ocean water. The aerial view captures the ray's movement across the water's surface. Gentle ripples surround the marine animal as it glides.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, wildlife documentary cutaways, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, or social clips needing an aerial view of a ray moving through clear turquoise water in Mexico.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works best as a brief wildlife insert, visual texture beat, or quiet transition between beach coverage and marine-life moments.
Visual details
A single dark ray is visible below or near the surface in bright turquoise water, with soft ripples, pale wave texture, no shoreline, no boats, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead drone composition with the ray held small in a wide field of water, with no horizon and no visible camera platform.

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
75 MB
Location
Mexico
Year filmed
2022
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 small dark ray appears near the upper left of clear turquoise water at Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo BCS Mexico, with no visible people.
This opening frame shows the ray isolated in a wide overhead field of rippled turquoise water. (0:00)
The ray sits closer to the center of the overhead frame in clear blue-green water at Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo BCS Mexico, with no visible people.
This frame gives editors a clean centered wildlife insert with only water texture around the animal. (0:01)
A small dark ray is visible toward the right side of the aerial frame over turquoise water at Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo BCS Mexico, with no visible people.
This moment places the ray off-center, leaving broad negative space for a quiet transition or title-safe crop. (0:02)
Ray low in frame against turquoise water

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