Science and Nature

Life from Above

Behold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.

Changing Planet

54m 10s

Cameras in space show just how fast our planet is changing. Cities are growing, forests are disappearing and glaciers melting but in Tanzania locals have regenerated the landscape, saving a family of chimpanzees.

Episodes

  • Changing Planet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Changing Planet

    S1 E4 - 54m 10s

    Cameras in space show just how fast our planet is changing. Cities are growing, forests are disappearing and glaciers melting but in Tanzania locals have regenerated the landscape, saving a family of chimpanzees.

  • Patterned Planet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Patterned Planet

    S1 E3 - 54m 10s

    From space earth’s surface is covered in weird and wonderful shapes. Wombats design their own landscape in Australia and hundreds of forest elephants create a tear in the endless green of the Congo forest canopy.

  • Colorful Planet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Colorful Planet

    S1 E2 - 54m 9s

    From space earth is not just a blue planet but a kaleidoscope of color. Swirls of turquoise phytoplankton trigger an oceanic feeding frenzy, China turns yellow as millions of flowers bloom and at night the waters off the coast of Argentina are spotted with mysterious green lights.

  • Moving Planet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Moving Planet

    S1 E1 - 54m 8s

    Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective. Our planet is constantly on the move; from individual animals to powerful weather systems. Follow an elephant family struggling through drought and marvel as thousands of Shaolin Kung-Fu students perform in perfect synchronicity.

Extras + Features

  • Episode 1 Preview | Moving Planet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 1 Preview | Moving Planet

    S1 E1 - 30s

    Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective. Our planet is constantly on the move; from individual animals to powerful weather systems. Follow an elephant family struggling through drought and marvel as thousands of Shaolin Kung-Fu students perform in perfect synchronicity.

  • Elephants Struggling Through Drought: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Elephants Struggling Through Drought

    S1 E1 - 2m 34s

    Drought has forced a family of elephants from the safety of Samburu National Reserve to look for food dangerously close to a busy main road. One of the females has a calf, just a week old, but with so little food available she’s struggling to provide enough milk for her baby. The family desperately need the rains to arrive and the view from space shows that they are just days away.

  • Solar Eclipse: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Solar Eclipse

    S1 E1 - 1m 11s

    As crowds gather to watch the event of the lifetime, cameras in space record the movement of the black shadow as the eclipse crosses the United States.

  • Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Preview

    S1 - 30s

    Behold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.

Schedule

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