# Free vertical nature videos for Reels and TikTok

> Free vertical nature footage in 9:16: waves, skies, forests and Earth from orbit for Reels, TikTok, Shorts and Stories, with a licence verdict.

28 clips from 2 sources (Internet Archive 14, NASA Image and Video Library 14), updated 2026-10-28. Picked from a live search and refreshed daily.

- Same search in the browser: https://video.shep.bot/search?q=nature&category=nature&orientation=portrait
- Same search over the API: `curl "https://video.shep.bot/v1/search?q=nature&category=nature&orientation=portrait"`
- Details, files and the credit line: `GET https://video.shep.bot/v1/clips/{id}` with an id from the table below.
- Licence verdicts: "Commercial use OK" (with or without credit) is cleared for commercial videos; anything else must be checked or is non-commercial. "(editorial)" means people, insignia or brands appear without releases: not for ads. See https://video.shep.bot/docs/licences.md
- Video is never re-hosted: posters, previews and downloads come straight from the source sites.

## Nature in portrait

Waves rolling up a beach, clouds drifting over a ridge, rain on leaves: nature shots make calm, scroll-stopping backgrounds for short-form video, and they rarely raise release questions. This collection keeps only nature clips that are already vertical, so they fill a phone screen at full resolution.

## Tips

Put text in the upper middle of the frame, away from the platform's caption and buttons. Slow, steady shots loop more naturally than handheld ones. If the clip you want is landscape, the 4K nature collection has footage that crops cleanly to 9:16, and the sequence builder can assemble and crop a whole vertical edit.

## Clips

| Clip | id | What | Source | Licence | Commercial use | Direct download |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Expedition 70 Astronaut Mogensen Talks with WILD Nature Foundation - Jan. 17, 2024](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss070m260171738_Expedition_70_Astronaut_Mogensen_Talks_with_WILD_Nature_Foundation_240117) | `nasa:iss070m260171738_Expedition_70_Astronaut_Mogensen_Talks_with_WILD_Nature_Foundation_240117` | Nature, 2024 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Nature Cat - Full Series](https://archive.org/details/nature-cat-s-01-e-07-where-have-all-the-butterflies-gone-for-the-birdies) | `internetarchive:nature-cat-s-01-e-07-where-have-all-the-butterflies-gone-for-the-birdies` | Animals & wildlife, 2015 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [Nature Cat - TV Series (2015 - 2024)](https://archive.org/details/NCTVSeries20152024) | `internetarchive:NCTVSeries20152024` | Animals & wildlife, Animation / CG, 2015 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [AFRC-2026-14575-01_NASA Armstrong's Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design Research on an F-15 Jet](https://images.nasa.gov/details/AFRC-2026-14575-01_NASA%20Armstrong's%20Laminar%20Flow%20Scaled%20Wing%20Design%20Research%20on%20an%20F-15%20Jet) | `nasa:AFRC-2026-14575-01_NASA Armstrong's Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design Research on an F-15 Jet` | Nature, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Ladybird Opening Wings CC BY Nature Clip](https://archive.org/details/LadybirdOpeningWingsCCBYNatureClip) | `internetarchive:LadybirdOpeningWingsCCBYNatureClip` | Nature, Slow motion, 2014 | Internet Archive | CC BY 3.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [GPM: The Fresh(water) Connection](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20120515_GPM_m10989_Fresh_Connection) | `nasa:GSFC_20120515_GPM_m10989_Fresh_Connection` | Rivers & rain, 2012 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Free Original Nature Stock Video Footage](https://archive.org/details/NatureStockVideo) | `internetarchive:NatureStockVideo` | Nature, 2019 | Internet Archive | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions (editorial) | yes |
| [Astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins Answers Colorado Student Questions - Aug. 31, 2022](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss067m262431709_Expedition_67_Education_Inflight_Denver_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science_220831) | `nasa:iss067m262431709_Expedition_67_Education_Inflight_Denver_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science_220831` | Nature, 2022 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Park Conscious](https://archive.org/details/ParkCons1938) | `internetarchive:ParkCons1938` | Nature, Black & white, 7:41, 1938 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [Global Landslide Catalog Aids View From Space](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20150416_Landslide_m11854_Catalog) | `nasa:GSFC_20150416_Landslide_m11854_Catalog` | Nature, 2015 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Fern Creek Falls](https://archive.org/details/FernCreekFalls) | `internetarchive:FernCreekFalls` | Rivers & rain, 0:50 | Internet Archive | CC BY 3.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [Landsat Helps Feed the Birds: Point Blue Conservation Science](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20150924_Landsat_m12013_Temp_Wetlands_1) | `nasa:GSFC_20150924_Landsat_m12013_Temp_Wetlands_1` | Animals & wildlife, 2015 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Adventures of Junior Raindrop, The](https://archive.org/details/Adventur1948) | `internetarchive:Adventur1948` | Rivers & rain, Animation / CG, 7:28, 1948 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [GPM 2015: One Year of Storms](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20160104_GPM_m12113_GPMYear2015) | `nasa:GSFC_20160104_GPM_m12113_GPMYear2015` | Sky & clouds, 2016 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Cat and Squirrel](https://archive.org/details/CatAndSquirrel) | `internetarchive:CatAndSquirrel` | Animals & wildlife, 0:50, 2013 | Internet Archive | CC0 1.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [Landsat Helps Feed the Birds: Bird Returns Probability](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20150924_BirdReturns_m12013_Probability) | `nasa:GSFC_20150924_BirdReturns_m12013_Probability` | Animals & wildlife, 2015 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Zoom in to Smith Island, MD](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20110513_Landsat_m10753_SmithIsland) | `nasa:GSFC_20110513_Landsat_m10753_SmithIsland` | Ocean & beach, 2011 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Amazing Animals](https://archive.org/details/AmazingAnimalsRainforestAnimals) | `internetarchive:AmazingAnimalsRainforestAnimals` | Animals & wildlife, 1996 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [Life of the Monsoon](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20160623_GPM_m12254_Monsoon) | `nasa:GSFC_20160623_GPM_m12254_Monsoon` | Rivers & rain, 2016 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Color Shifting Sunset](https://archive.org/details/ColorShiftingSunset) | `internetarchive:ColorShiftingSunset` | Sky & clouds, Timelapse, 1:03 | Internet Archive | CC BY 3.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [How Do Active Volcanoes Change Clouds?](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20141113_Volcanoes_m10183_Change_Clouds) | `nasa:GSFC_20141113_Volcanoes_m10183_Change_Clouds` | Sky & clouds, 2014 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Slashed Dreams](https://archive.org/details/Slashed_Dreams) | `internetarchive:Slashed_Dreams` | Nature, 1975 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA Satellite Captures 3-D View Of Hurricane Matthew](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20161007_GPM_m12389_Matthew_3D) | `nasa:GSFC_20161007_GPM_m12389_Matthew_3D` | Sky & clouds, 2016 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Mountain Fog (Free to Use HD Stock Video Footage)](https://archive.org/details/MountainFog) | `internetarchive:MountainFog` | Mountains & snow, Timelapse | Internet Archive | CC BY 3.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA Surveys Hurricane Damage to Puerto Rico's Forests](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20180710_Puerto_Rico_m12991_Lidar) | `nasa:GSFC_20180710_Puerto_Rico_m12991_Lidar` | Forest & plants, 2018 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [MooGNU](https://archive.org/details/M00GNU) | `internetarchive:M00GNU` | Sky & clouds, 0:16 | Internet Archive | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Restricted: read the conditions (editorial) | yes |
| [How Do Active Volcanoes Change Clouds: Cloud Particles with Aerosols](https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20141113_Volcanoes_m10183_Particles_Aerosols) | `nasa:GSFC_20141113_Volcanoes_m10183_Particles_Aerosols` | Sky & clouds, 2014 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Leaf (Royalty Free Stock Video)](https://archive.org/details/LeafroyaltyFreeStockVideo) | `internetarchive:LeafroyaltyFreeStockVideo` | Forest & plants, 0:30 | Internet Archive | CC BY 3.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |

## Questions

**Is vertical nature footage safe for sponsored posts?**

Nature shots rarely need releases, so a clip whose licence allows commercial use is usually fine. Credit CC BY clips in the caption or on a linked credits page.

**What if a nature clip I like is only landscape?**

Crop it: a 4K landscape clip still gives a sharp 1080×1920 vertical crop. The 4K nature collection is a good place to find candidates.

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