Planet Earth

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Did anyone else catch this series. It premiered last night on Discovery at 8PM EST. Absolutely amazing. I can't describe it any other way. 5 years in the making and over 2000 hours of shooting got some astounding shots. I was glued to the TV for the entire time it was on. If your missing this series your missing an event. I expected Discovery to make this worth while and boy did they deliver. If you don't know what it's about follow the link and hit view trailer on the bottom of the homepage.



Discovery Channel :: Planet Earth :: Portrait of the Planet

 

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Check out this list of each episode, with a small description for each and air times. All times are ET/PT in the US.

POLE TO POLE
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
PLANET EARTH's premiere episode, "Pole to Pole," ties the series together with a fresh understanding of how life in every nook and cranny of the globe is connected — from the highest mountains and darkest caves; shallowest water and deepest oceans; ice-covered lands and great plains; untamed jungles and giant forests; to freshwater and the harshest deserts. The sunward tilt of Earth's orbit dictates all our lives, creating the seasons that trigger one of the greatest spectacles in the world — the mass migration of animals. It's a unique view of the majesty of our planet and the amazing creatures that live here.

MOUNTAINS
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This episode tours the mightiest of mountain ranges and introduces a few of its extreme animal mountaineers — the mountain lion, snow leopard and puma, all rarely filmed creatures. CGI time-lapse footage brings the mysterious geological history of mountains to life, while flying alongside bar-headed geese provides a spectacular view of the Himalayas.
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DEEP OCEAN
Airs Sunday, March 25, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
The ocean is by far the largest habitat on our planet and it remains almost entirely unexplored. This episode scans the ocean's vast surface and trolls its depths, revealing daytime hunters and night feeders, from dolphins to manta rays, and life among hot vents and underwater massifs, following the energy source between oceanic white tips, myctopids, tuna, whale sharks and petrels.
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DESERTS
Airs Sunday, April 1, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Deserts are united by their lack of rain, yet they are the most varied of our planet's ecosystems. Go where freshwater is really precious and meet animals that have learned to survive with small amounts of it, such as the wild Bactrian camel of Mongolia's Gobi Desert that eats snow instead of drinking water or Chile's guanacos that lick dew from cactus spines. Experience spectacular aerial and time-lapse footage, featuring an explosion of life and shifting sand dunes.
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ICE WORLDS
Airs Sunday, April 1, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
This episode guides viewers on a journey to the polar extremes of our planet. Freshwater is frozen and out of reach, and coupled with numbing temperatures, this makes life hard in frozen climes from the top to the bottom of the world. CGI time-lapse and elapsed-time filming techniques show Arctic ice coming and going over the centuries, and emperor penguins settling in to breed in Antarctica.
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SHALLOW SEAS
Airs Sunday, April 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Follow a humpback whale mother and her calf on their epic journey to the most prolific feeding grounds that fringe the coasts. The shallow seas that lie above the continental shelf are the richest in the ocean. It is here that you find the coral reefs and, in colder waters, the fishing grounds. Massive shoals of fish act like magnets for predators. Spectacular storm footage, above and below the water, reveals extraordinary events in this tropical paradise.
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Episode list continued...

GREAT PLAINS
Airs Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
A quarter of the earth's surface is covered with grass, and the world's plains are home to massive herds of animals. This episode traverses the grasslands of Mongolia and the flooding plains of Papua New Guinea, and finds great gatherings of creatures, such as East Africa's wildebeest and clusters of rare grazers like Mongolian gazelles.
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JUNGLES
Airs Sunday, April 15, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Beautiful floating aerial shots introduce the world's most spectacular forest vistas and high-definition cameras enable unprecedented views of the species that live on the dark jungle floor, in this episode. Enter a world of mood and menace, and witness intense competition on a macro and micro scale as jaguars track prey and fungi infiltrate insect hosts.
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FRESHWATER
Airs Sunday, April 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Just 3 percent of the planet's water is fresh and it is our most precious resource. Rivers and lakes have shaped the earth, carving out the world's most impressive gorges, valleys and waterfalls. Unique behavior takes place in the presence of this life force, such as dueling otters and crocodiles and diving macaques.
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FORESTS
Airs Sunday, April 22, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
This episode tells the story of seasonal forests and plant survival. Forests cover vast expanses from Siberia to Tasmania and still remain largely unexplored. Infrared and low-light cameras peek into the lives of elusive woodland inhabitants, such as snub-nosed monkeys, Amur leopards and Siberian tigers.
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CAVES
Airs Sunday, April 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Caves are Earth's final frontier, and this episode will go where few have been before. Caves are one of the only habitats not directly driven by sunlight, but this doesn't mean there's no wildlife living in their confines. Descend into darkness to witness the unseen behaviors of bizarre creatures like cave angel fish that attach themselves to walls and swiftlets that build nests from saliva.
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[sharpies]

They just ran it down here & it was sublime. The photography was the best yet & may I add that David Attenborough's narration gave it a great boost - best yet.

This was actually made by the BBC, though, I think.

Allan

 

[Peter Parka]

Yep, it was made by the BBC. It was on over here a year or so ago. Excellent series and David Attenborough is a legend!