PLANET EARTH (2006)

PLANET EARTH (BBC 2006)

 
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/planet-earth/
 http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/planet-earth-the-complete-bbc-series/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Earth_%28TV_series%29


Excerpts:

Part.1 - POLE TO POLE

Taiga:
"This vast forest circling the globe contains a third of all the trees on Earth and produces so much oxygen it changes the composition of the atmosphere."

 
"Tropics, same season all year, covers 3% of world, but more than 50% of all animals and plants."

 
"Deserts cover one third of the lands' surface and they're growing bigger every year."

 
Part. 2 - MOUNTAINS

"This One, Erta Ale, is today the longest continually erupting volcano on the planet, a lake of lava that has been molten for over a hundred years."


"Volcanoes form the backbone of the longest mountain chain on our planet -
the Andes of South America.
This vast range stretches 5,000 miles from the Equator down to the Antarctic.
It formed as the floor of the Pacific Ocean slid beneath the South American continent, buckling its edge."

 
"but the Andes have the most unstable mountain weather on the planet
and storms can erupt without warning.
Truly, all seasons in one day."


"This is the boulder strewn snout of the giant Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan.
It's the biggest mountain glacier on Earth - 43 miles long and over 3 miles wide.
This huge ice-filled valley is so large
it's clearly visible from space."

 
They're the most dangerous mountains of all.
K2 and her sister peaks have claimed more lives than any others."



Part. 3 - FRESH WATER

"Only 3 percent of the water on our planet is fresh."

 
"All life on land is ultimately dependent upon fresh water."

 
"Worldwide lakes hold twenty times more fresh water than all the rivers." 


"Baikal in eastern Siberia.
Baikal contains one fifth of all the fresh water found in our planet's lakes and rivers.
Baikal is the oldest lake of the world."

 
"Most rivers do not end in the lakes
but continue their journey to the sea."


Part. 4 - CAVES

"Water is the creator of most caves."

 
"The discovery of life that exist without drawing any of its energy from the sun
shows us once again how complex and surprising the underground world can be. "

Part. 5 - DESERTS

"A third of the land of our planet is desert."

 
"Deserts are created by the lack of water
but what actually kills animals here is not heat or thirst,
but lack of food."

Part. 6 - ICE WORLD

"90% of the all the world's ice is found here (Antarctica). "

Part. 7 - GREAT PLAINS

 "Grass - This miraculous plant covers a quarter of all the lands of the Earth."

 
"So long as grass can survive, so can grazers."

Part. 8 - JUNGLES

"The rain-forest's great diversity has come at a cost.
It has made them the most finely balanced ecosystems in the world.
Only too easily upset and destroyed by that other great ape
the chimpanzee's closest relative
Ourselves."

Part. 9 - SHALLOW SEAS

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Part. 10 - SEASON FORESTS

"This is the Taiga Forest. (Arctic Pole)
There are as many trees here,
as in all the world's rainforests combined.
The Taiga circles the globe and contains a third of all the trees on Earth.
It produces so much oxygen, that it refreshes the atmosphere of the entire planet."

Part. 11 - OCEAN DEEP