Sunrise Earth — Season 3

Aired 19 June 2006 • 53 min

The National Park of Tikal in Guatemala is home to Mayan Pyramids, where howler monkeys, parrots, and toucans welcome the new day.

Aired 20 June 2006 • 53 min

A wide variety of birds mingle in the Tempisque Basin of Costa Rica's Palo Verde National Park.

Aired 21 June 2006 • 53 min

The crater lake of the Poas Volcano drains from 9,000 feet into this high altitude cloudforest ravine. Stepping downward through a series of five waterfalls, we descend as the sun rises. Rays of light catch suspended water particles from the falling water, as green threads of life cling to sodden cliff walls. From within its pupa, an owl butterfly emerges with the increasing warmth of day, pumping fluid into its silken wings. Through the last rock opening, the water and sun burst out and down towards a restful pool, the famous La Paz waterfall.

Aired 22 June 2006 • 53 min

The moon sinks into the ocean in the Marino Las Baulas National Park in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Aired 23 June 2006 • 53 min

Aired 25 June 2006 • 53 min

The life-cycle of a solar eclipse and how it affects the world below.

Aired 2 October 2006 • 53 min

The temples of Angkor in Cambodia are lit by the rising sun.

Aired 3 October 2006 • 53 min

Trained Cormorants catch fish for fishermen on the Li River near Xingping, China.

Aired 4 October 2006 • 53 min

Frogs, spiders, and birds wake to the morning sun on a terraced farm near PingAn, China. Take in the morning activities of the Dragon's Backbone, a stunning sixty-six square kilometers of crop terraces hand-cultivated by 800 farmers that snake up over a thousand feet of vertical altitude. These are marks of the Zhuang people.

Aired 5 October 2006 • 53 min

The morning chants of monks echo from within a Theravada Buddhist monastery, near the community’s busy crossroads. A vibrant pigeon roost is found on the pagoda’s rooftop, amidst ornamental carvings. School children wander among the votive stupas, maintaining the grounds. A spectacular rainbow soars over the temple.

Aired 6 October 2006 • 53 min

Morning exercises similar to Tai Chi in Elephant Trunk Park in Guilin, China.

Aired 18 December 2006 • 51 min

The sun casts its light on a farming village in Aspendos, Turkey.

Aired 19 December 2006 • 51 min

A new day comes to Gullfoss, Iceland.

Aired 20 December 2006 • 51 min

The Salisbury Plain in the United Kingdom is the site of one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Stonehenge is thought to be a sun-based calendar, so it's only fitting for a sunrise to be recorded here.

Aired 21 December 2006 • 51 min

The sun rises on a port in Antalya, Turkey and the lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt.

Aired 22 December 2006 • 51 min

A geyser in Iceland is shown in the first morning sunlight.

Aired 26 December 2006 • 51 min

Polar bears congregate in Cape Churchill, Manitoba in Canada.

Aired 12 February 2007 • 51 min

Day breaks in a slice of red over the Southern Atlantic Ocean Península Valdés, Argentina and a colony of southern elephant seals and its new pups.

Aired 13 February 2007 • 51 min

Two hundred feet high in the canopy of Peruvian rainforest, a pink and distant light encroaches. The dense forest holds the dawn air.

Aired 14 February 2007 • 51 min

The center of the Incan empire, Machu Picchu in Peru, is shown as the sun rises on this city high in the Andes Mountains.

Aired 15 February 2007 • 51 min

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Aired 16 February 2007 • 51 min

The largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world welcomes a new day near Punta Tomba, Argentina.