On the Oprah show on Friday, she announced a mini-series produced by the Discovery Channel called Planet Earth. All eleven episodes of this television event were shown today in a marathon screening. Some of the clips she had shown peaked my interest and I turned it on today while I was working around the house. I was spellbound from the first moment. Spectacular! Breathtaking! Fascinating! This show is on the order of The March of the Penguins. Cameras zoom right into the middle of nature (without disturbing it) so we can see what humans rarely see. The photography was magnificent; the narration perfectly timed and scripted; the animals and scenery, miraculous.
I hope you got to see some of it. If not, set your Tivo to find future episodes. It’ll be well worth your time.
We’ve been watching the series as well. It was awesome getting to see one episode on my folk’s Sony HD TV Easter Sunday. It is, indeed, breathtaking.
This show made me wish for an HDTV for the very first time.
We watch it as well. Some episodes are more exciting then others, but all worth watching.
I agree, Heather. I wasn’t as enthralled with the reptilian creatures in the desert segment. 😛
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I was amazed when they said the cameraman taking the pictures of some gazelles had to go hid in a hole until they showed up. It’s all pretty neat.
How come I keep hearing about this show but haven’t seen it yet? I’ll have to see if it is playing again sometime.
Sundays at 8 on Discovery Channel.