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Stingray Gliding in Shallow 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 large stingray glides slowly across the seabed in clear, shallow turquoise water. The water surface shows gentle ripples, and the ray's movement is smooth and continuous. The scene captures the calm motion of marine life in a sunlit, shallow ocean environment.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits wildlife documentaries, travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an overhead view of a stingray moving through clear shallow water in Mexico.
Edit role
Use as a six-second insert, cutaway, or quiet transition between beach activity and marine-life beats, with enough continuity for a short natural pause in the timeline.
Visual details
A dark stingray shape moves beneath pale turquoise water over a sandy seabed, with small fish-like shadows, surface ripples, sun glints, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames read as an overhead aerial composition consistent with a DJI drone, looking straight down into shallow water with no horizon, shoreline, or camera platform visible.

Tags

stingrayshallow waterclear waterturquoisefishseabedmovingunderwateroceancalmripplesmarine lifeglidingwater surfacenaturalsereneaquatic lifemarine

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.

Overhead frame from Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo BCS Mexico showing a dark stingray shape under clear turquoise water with faint seabed texture and no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the stingray as a dark shape moving through shallow clear water. (0:00)
Overhead Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo BCS Mexico frame with the stingray slightly farther across the pale seabed as ripples and small sun glints mark the water surface, no visible people.
This moment keeps the ray centered within a broad field of rippled turquoise water. (0:01)
Overhead frame at Playa El Arbolito Cabo Pulmo BCS Mexico showing the ray silhouette over a sandy underwater floor with scattered darker marine shapes and no visible people.
The frame shows the ray against the seabed, giving editors a clear marine-life insert without shoreline elements. (0:02)
Clear shallow ocean water with stingray and small shadows

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