YouTube is full of wonderful animals and funny ones too. I watch some every day.I don't get much of a calming effect from scenic surroundings - trees, a brook, flowers, etc.
But I've NEVER been able to look at any animal without smiling & being calm.
Falling snow in otherwise silence perfectly describes the ideal ice fishing trip. Today no ice, but I sat in a shaded spot by a local lake and fished and just listened to nature's and not people's sounds.Falling Snow in otherwise silence with a light blanket of snow all around is most calming for me in nature as long as I'm comfortably warm. What upsets me in nature is the survival of the fittest instinct as seen on National Geographic. I can't watch it.