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NARRATOR:
FROM THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE,
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EARTH IS A BLUE PLANET,
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BUT LOOK CLOSER,
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AND IT BECOMES
A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOR--
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SURPRISING
AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
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CREATED BY NATURAL PHENOMENA...
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BY ANIMALS...
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AND BY PEOPLE.
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THESE COLORS ARE REVEALING
NEW INSIGHTS
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INTO THE LIFE OF OUR PLANET.
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SATELLITES ORBITING THE EARTH
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CAN NOW LOOK DOWN AT OUR HOME
IN EXTRAORDINARY DETAIL.
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THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE
IS TRANSFORMING
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OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF THE NATURAL WORLD.
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AT A TIME WHEN EARTH'S SURFACE
IS CHANGING FASTER
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THAN AT ANY POINT
IN HUMAN HISTORY,
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THESE CAMERAS ARE REVEALING
OUR PLANET IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.
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THIS IS OUR HOME AS WE'VE
NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
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[CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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NATURAL PHENOMENA CREATE SOME
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OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
COLORS ON EARTH...
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NONE MORE SO THAN THE AURORA,
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OUR PLANET'S GREATEST SPECTACLE.
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THE PEOPLE OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
HAVE MANY LEGENDS
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TO EXPLAIN
THESE COLORFUL DISPLAYS.
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IN FINLAND, THEY ARE
THE SPARKS OF FIRE
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FROM THE FLAMING TAIL
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OF A RUNNING FOX.
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THE VIKINGS BELIEVED THEM
TO BE THE GLOW
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FROM THE ARMOR OF DEAD WARRIORS
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MARCHING THEIR WAY TO VALHALLA.
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MARCHING THEIR WAY TO VALHALLA.
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IN GREENLAND,
A NATIONAL OBSESSION
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HAS BEEN BORN FROM THE LIGHTS.
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THIS IS ILULISSAT
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150 MILES NORTH
OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,
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HOME TO NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE.
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EVEN AT -3, NOTHING GETS
IN THE WAY
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OF THE PEOPLE'S
FAVORITE PASTIME...
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SOCCER.
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[CHATTERING IN GREENLANDIC]
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SOFIE ANDERSEN IS SOMETHING
OF A SUPERFAN.
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[SOFIE LAUGHING]
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[HOWLING]
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WITNESSING THE AURORA'S COLOR
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IS ALWAYS MAGICAL...
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BUT THE VIEW FROM SPACE...
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HAS TRANSFORMED
OUR UNDERSTANDING
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OF THIS SPECTACLE.
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ONLY FROM ABOVE CAN
THE WHOLE AURORA BE SEEN.
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THE RIBBONS OF LIGHT ARE
WAVES OF SOLAR PARTICLES
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COLLIDING WITH OUR ATMOSPHERE,
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FORMING VERTICAL STREAKS
HUNDREDS OF MILES HIGH.
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WE NOW KNOW THESE
FOLLOW THE LINES
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OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD,
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AND SCIENTISTS
HAVE OBSERVED COLOR
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MORE SPECTACULAR THAN EVER.
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200 MILES UP,
THE LIGHTS TURN FROM GREEN...
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TO RED...
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AS SOLAR PARTICLES
REACT WITH OXYGEN.
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MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE AURORA
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HAS ONLY BEEN DISCOVERED
BY STUDYING IT FROM SPACE.
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HAS ONLY BEEN DISCOVERED
BY STUDYING IT FROM SPACE.
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THE TINIEST SPLASH OF COLOR
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IS NOW HELPING TO LOCATE ANIMALS
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IN THE MOST REMOTE LANDSCAPES.
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IN JUNE, THE SHORES
OF THESE EAST AFRICAN LAKES
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ARE FLECKED WITH PINK...
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A FLOCK OF THOUSANDS
OF LESSER FLAMINGOS.
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[FLAMINGOS SQUAWKING]
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THESE FLAMINGO PARADES
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HELP THE BIRDS
TO FIND A PARTNER,
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ALTHOUGH WE DON'T YET
FULLY UNDERSTAND
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HOW THEY MAKE THEIR CHOICE.
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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,
THE FLAMINGOS MOVE
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BETWEEN REMOTE LAKES
IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
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TRACKING THEM FROM THE GROUND
IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE...
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BUT SATELLITES NOW ALLOW
SCIENTISTS TO FIND THE FLOCKS
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AS THEY LAND ON THE LAKE SHORES,
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MONITORING THEIR MOVEMENT
AND THEIR NUMBERS.
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IN ANTARCTICA,
A FLASH OF RED...
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BLOOD ON THE ICE...
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WHERE WEDDELL SEALS HAVE JUST
GIVEN BIRTH TO NEW PUPS.
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[SEALS BARKS]
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[BARKS]
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THE SOUTH ATLANTIC SEAS
SURROUNDING BIRD ISLAND
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ARE SO TREACHEROUS
THAT SATELLITES
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ARE THE SAFEST WAY
TO STUDY THEM.
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SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING
FOR THESE TINY SPOTS..
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EACH A WANDERING ALBATROSS.
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[SQUAWKING]
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USING COLOR IN THIS WAY
IS A POWERFUL NEW TOOL,
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WHICH HAS LED TO ONE
OF THE GREATEST
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WILDLIFE DISCOVERIES
OF THE LAST DECADE.
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IN ANTARCTICA,
AN UNEXPECTED COLOR
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HAS BEEN DISCOVERED,
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BROWN PATCHES DOTTED
ACROSS THE ICE.
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[WIND BLOWING]
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THEY MARK THE LOCATION
OF ONE OUR PLANET'S
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MOST ICONIC SPECIES...
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EMPEROR PENGUINS...
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[PENGUINS CHATTERING]
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WRAPPED IN A COAT
OF DENSE FEATHERS TO SURVIVE
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THE EXTREME COLD.
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THE COLONY IS FULL
OF NEW LIFE.
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HATCHED JUST A MONTH BEFORE,
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THE HUNGRY CHICKS CONSUME
PREDIGESTED FISH AND KRILL
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BROUGHT TO THEM
BY THEIR PARENTS...
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BUT AT 40 DEGREES BELOW,
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ALL THE WATER IS FROZEN SOLID.
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WITH NOTHING TO DRINK,
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THE PENGUINS MUST EAT THE SNOW
BENEATH THEIR FEET,
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WHICH IS BECOMING...
RATHER UNAPPEALING.
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20,000 BIRDS CREATE
A VAST AMOUNT OF DROPPINGS.
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THEY NEED TO FIND
FRESH, CLEAN SNOW TO EAT.
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AS THE COLONY SLOWLY WORKS
ITS WAY ACROSS THE ICE,
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THEY LEAVE A TRAIL
BEHIND THEM.
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OVER WEEKS,
THE PATCHES SPREAD...
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AND ONCE SCIENTISTS KNEW
WHAT TO LOOK FOR,
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THEY STARTED TO FIND
NEW COLONIES.
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26 PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN
EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES
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HAVE NOW BEEN DISCOVERED
FROM SPACE...
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HAVE NOW BEEN DISCOVERED
FROM SPACE...
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DOUBLING THE KNOWN GLOBAL
POPULATION OF THE SPECIES.
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WHILE THE VIEW FROM ABOVE
CAN HELP US DISCOVER NEW LIFE,
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IT CAN ALSO SHOW US LANDSCAPES
IN NEED OF EXTRA CARE.
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SATELLITE CAMERAS LOOKING DOWN
ON THE WHITE
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OF THE GREENLAND ICECAP
REVEAL SPOTS OF BLUE.
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ARCTIC TEMPERATURES ARE RISING
DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE,
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AND NOW EACH SUMMER, RIVERS
OF TURQUOISE MELTWATER
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ARE SPREADING FURTHER
AND FURTHER ACROSS THE ICE.
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THESE RIVERS FLOW INTO
DEPRESSIONS ON THE ICE CAP...
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FORMING HUGE LAKES
OF MELTWATER...
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EACH ONE UP TO 3 SQUARE MILES
OF SAPPHIRE BLUE.
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[WATER FLOWING]
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SCIENTISTS HAVE COMBINED
SATELLITE IMAGES OF THESE LAKES
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TAKEN OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS...
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TO DISCOVER THAT THEY FILL
AND EMPTY AGAIN AND AGAIN...
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REVEALING THAT UP
TO 550 BILLION TONS OF WATER
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PER YEAR DRAINS OFF THE ICECAP
AND INTO THE SEA.
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SATELLITES ARE NOW BEING USED TO
MEASURE AND MONITOR THESE LAKES
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IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE
THIS FRAGILE LANDSCAPE.
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FINDING COLOR FROM ABOVE HAS LED
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TO GROUNDBREAKING
NEW DISCOVERIES
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IN REMOTE CORNERS
OF THE WORLD...
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BUT NOT ALL THE COLORS
ON OUR PLANET ARE NATURAL.
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SOME OF EARTH'S MOST
SURPRISING COLORS ARE MANMADE.
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IN MASSACHUSETTS, MILLIONS
OF HARVESTED
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FLOATING CRANBERRIES
TURN PONDS BLOOD RED...
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WHILE IN THE DESERTS OF UTAH,
MINERAL POOLS ARE DYED
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BRIGHT BLUE
TO SPEED UP EVAPORATION
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AND EXTRACT POTASH
THAT'S USED IN FERTILIZER.
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IN THE GOBI DESERT,
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MILLIONS OF RED-HOT CHILIES
ARE DRYING IN THE SUN...
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WHILE THE BAY AREA
OF SAN FRANCISCO IS LIKE
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A KALEIDOSCOPE
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AS SALT IS PRODUCED
IN SEAWATER EVAPORATION PONDS...
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AND EVERY SPRING, THE FIELDS
OF HOLLAND ARE PAINTED
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WITH RAINBOW BARCODE STRIPES.
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60% OF ALL THE WORLD'S TULIPS
ARE HARVESTED FROM THESE FIELDS.
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WITHIN A FEW WEEKS,
ALL THE FLOWERS
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AND THEIR COLORS ARE GONE.
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AND EVERY SPRING
IN SOUTHWEST CHINA...
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A VAST AREA APPEARS
BRIGHT YELLOW...
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AS BILLIONS
OF RAPESEED FLOWERS BLOOM.
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THESE FLOWERS WILL EVENTUALLY
PRODUCE UP TO 20%
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OF ALL THE WORLD'S
RAPESEED OIL...
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A COLOR TRANSFORMATION SO HUGE
THE ONLY WAY TO CAPTURE IT
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IN ITS ENTIRETY IS FROM SPACE.
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[MAN SPEAKING CHINESE]
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MR. DAI AND HIS SON ARE NOMADS.
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THEY'VE TRAVELED ACROSS CHINA
JUST IN TIME FOR THE BLOOM...
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BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE
TO MAKE OIL.
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[SPEAKING CHINESE]
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THEY'VE COME TO MAKE HONEY.
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BUT THE WEATHER IS NOT
ON THEIR SIDE.
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THE VIEW FROM SPACE IS
ALMOST COMPLETELY WHITE.
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THICK CLOUDS ARE
BLOCKING THE SUN.
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IT'S JUST TOO COLD
FOR THE BEES TO FLY.
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WITH A CHILL IN THE AIR,
THESE BEES
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AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE...
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AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
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IN TWO WEEKS,
THE RAPESEED FARMERS
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WILL SPRAY PESTICIDES
OVER THE FIELDS,
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MAKING IT A DANGEROUS PLACE
FOR THE BEES.
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THEY HAVE TO MOVE ON
BEFORE THE SPRAYING STARTS.
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ALL THEY CAN DO IS WAIT
FOR THE SUN.
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AFTER 3 GRAY DAYS,
THE CLOUDS FINALLY PART...
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AND 1.5 MILLION BEES
HEAD OUT TO WORK.
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[BUZZING]
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[HAI LAUGHING]
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THEY MUST VISIT
OVER TWO MILLION FLOWERS
233
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TO MAKE JUST ONE JAR OF HONEY.
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THE BEES DRINK
THE SUGARY NECTAR...
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AND TRANSFER IT
TO THE HIVE,
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WHERE IT BECOMES HONEY...
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FOOD FOR THE HIVE
DURING THE LONG WINTER MONTHS...
240
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BUT BEES ARE MORE THAN
JUST HONEY MAKERS.
241
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THEY ARE ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST
IMPORTANT CROP POLLINATORS,
242
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HELPING PLANTS PRODUCE FRUITS,
SEEDS, AND VEGETABLES.
243
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[BUZZING]
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WE NEED BEES...
245
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BUT NOW PESTICIDES ARE
CONTRIBUTING
246
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TO A WORLDWIDE DECLINE
IN THE NUMBER OF HONEYBEES.
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MR. DAI'S WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY IS SHORT...
249
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BUT THE BEES HAVE BEEN BUSY.
250
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[DAI LAUGHING]
251
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HE HAS MADE JUST ENOUGH HONEY
TO SELL AT THE MARKET...
252
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AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON.
253
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THE FIELDS WILL BE SPRAYED
IN TWO DAYS' TIME,
254
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AND OIL PRODUCTION
WILL START.
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EARTH'S SURFACE IS
CHANGING FASTER NOW
256
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THAN AT ANY POINT
IN HUMAN HISTORY...
257
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WHICH MAKES THE VIEW
FROM ABOVE CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT.
258
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COLORS CAN BE AN INDICATION
OF THE PLANET'S HEALTH.
259
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WHERE THEY APPEAR THEY CAN BE
A SIGN THAT LIFE IS THRIVING,
260
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BUT WHERE THEY DISAPPEAR,
THE NATURAL WORLD
261
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MAY BE UNDER THREAT.
262
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OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA, SPRING
HAS TRANSFORMED THE OCEAN...
263
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VAST SWIRLS OF GREEN
AND TURQUOISE
264
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HUNDREDS OF MILES ACROSS,
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A PLANKTON BLOOM.
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A PLANKTON BLOOM.
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DESPITE THEIR ENORMOUS SIZE,
THESE BLOOMS ARE CREATED
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BY SOME OF THE TINIEST
LIFE FORMS ON OUR PLANET.
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THESE MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS HAVE
SURVIVED THROUGH THE WINTER...
271
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AND NOW THEY USE
THE WARMING WATERS
272
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AND SPRING SUNSHINE
TO MULTIPLY IN THEIR MILLIONS...
273
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TRANSFORMING THE OCEAN
ON A SCALE
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THAT CAN ONLY BE SEEN
FROM SPACE.
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ALL ACROSS THE WORLD'S OCEANS,
PLANKTON BLOOMS ATTRACT FISH
276
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IN HUGE NUMBERS,
AND THEIR PREDATORS FOLLOW.
277
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IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS,
278
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THOUSANDS OF SHEARWATERS LAUNCH
A SURFACE ATTACK
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ON VAST SHOALS OF HERRING...
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♪
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WHILE BELOW HUMPBACK WHALES
GORGE ON UP
283
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TO 1.5 TONS OF FISH A DAY.
284
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IN THE SHALLOW SEAS
OF SOUTH AFRICA...
285
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PLANKTON FEED BILLIONS
OF SARDINES...
286
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ATTRACTING ONE OF THE LARGEST
GATHERINGS OF PREDATORS
287
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ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH...
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♪
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BUT THESE BLOOMS DON'T JUST
SUPPORT OCEAN FOOD CHAINS.
291
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THESE TINY, PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS
292
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PRODUCE UP TO 50%
OF OUR PLANET'S OXYGEN...
293
00:30:03,566 --> 00:30:09,533
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST FORESTS
BUT ALSO THE OCEANS
294
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THAT ARE THE LUNGS
OF OUR WORLD.
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THAT ARE THE LUNGS
OF OUR WORLD.
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EARTH'S GREATEST
NATURAL SPECTACLES
298
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AND ALL LIFE
ON ITS SURFACE CREATE COLOR...
299
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AND THERE IS ONE PLACE
THAT IS PERHAPS
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MORE COLORFUL THAN ANY OTHER.
301
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OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA,
A RIBBON OF COLOR STRETCHES
302
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FOR OVER 1,400 MILES...
303
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THE LARGEST LIVING STRUCTURE
WE CAN SEE FROM SPACE...
304
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THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.
305
00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:26,733
IT'S MADE UP OF 2,900
SEPARATE REEFS...
306
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:34,566
EACH ONE BUILT
BY VAST COLONIES OF CORAL.
307
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ITS COLOR IS A SIGN THE REEF
IS HEALTHY
308
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AND HOME TO THOUSANDS
OF SPECIES,
309
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SOME OF WHICH ARE SEEN
NOWHERE ELSE.
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EVERY WINTER, VISITORS EMERGE
FROM THE DEEP BLUE...
311
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THEIR DISTANT VOICES
THE FIRST SIGN
312
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THEY WILL APPEAR.
313
00:32:06,266 --> 00:32:08,900
[ANIMAL SQUEAKS]
314
00:32:08,933 --> 00:32:13,100
DWARF MINKE WHALES.
315
00:32:13,133 --> 00:32:15,633
[WHALES CLICKING
AND WHISTLING]
316
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00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:33,166
ONLY DISCOVERED IN THE 1980s,
AT UP TO 26 FEET LONG,
318
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,966
THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST
ANIMALS ON THE REEF.
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♪
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IT SEEMS THEY LIKE TO SOCIALIZE
IN THE SHELTERED WATERS,
321
00:32:50,866 --> 00:32:53,666
AND SOME EVEN BRING
THEIR NEW CALVES.
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♪
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♪
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♪
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AT JUST 6 FEET LONG,
THEY'LL STAY WITH THEIR MOTHERS
326
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FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS.
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♪
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BY FITTING THE WHALES
WITH SATELLITE TAGS,
329
00:33:30,566 --> 00:33:35,933
SCIENTISTS CAN FOLLOW
THE WHALES' MOVEMENTS,
330
00:33:35,966 --> 00:33:40,200
AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT
THEY SLOWLY HEAD SOUTH,
331
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FOLLOWING THE REEF.
332
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♪
333
00:33:51,733 --> 00:33:54,733
MUCH OF THEIR LIFE
REMAINS A MYSTERY...
334
00:34:01,233 --> 00:34:04,900
BUT JUST AS WE ARE REVEALING
MORE ABOUT THEM,
335
00:34:04,933 --> 00:34:08,700
THE FUTURE FOR THE WHALES
AND FOR THE REEF
336
00:34:08,733 --> 00:34:10,733
IS BECOMING UNCERTAIN.
337
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:20,200
THE VIEW FROM ABOVE HAS
REVEALED THE REEF IS CHANGING.
338
00:34:20,233 --> 00:34:29,000
♪
339
00:34:29,033 --> 00:34:34,300
HERE A SATELLITE IMAGE
OF ADELAIDE REEF IN 2016...
340
00:34:39,133 --> 00:34:42,233
AND AGAIN IN 2017.
341
00:34:46,566 --> 00:34:49,733
THE REEF IS LOSING ITS COLOR.
342
00:34:49,766 --> 00:35:01,733
♪
343
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:05,800
CORAL REEFS ARE MADE UP
OF 3 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
344
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ONE IS THE HARD
LIMESTONE SKELETON,
345
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THEN THE SOFT CORAL POLYPS
THAT LIVE INSIDE THE SKELETON,
346
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AND THE THIRD, ALGAE,
347
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A MICROSCOPIC
PLANT LIKE-ORGANISM
348
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THAT GIVES THE CORAL
ITS BEAUTIFUL COLOR,
349
00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:33,933
BUT THE WATERS SURROUNDING
THE REEF ARE NOW GETTING WARMER,
350
00:35:33,966 --> 00:35:36,700
AND THIS CAN CAUSE
THE TINY, COLORFUL ALGAE
351
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IN THE CORAL TO BECOME TOXIC.
352
00:35:39,733 --> 00:35:48,600
♪
353
00:35:48,633 --> 00:35:52,133
THE CORALS ARE STRESSED
BY THESE TOXINS,
354
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SWELLING UP
TO 3 TIMES THEIR NORMAL SIZE...
355
00:35:58,633 --> 00:36:02,866
BEFORE EJECTING A CLOUD
OF TINY, COLORED ORGANISMS.
356
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:08,000
♪
357
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,900
♪
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♪
359
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,033
BEAUTIFUL CORAL GARDENS...
360
00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:44,866
UNRECOGNIZABLE
JUST TWO YEARS LATER.
361
00:36:52,733 --> 00:36:56,233
THE CORAL BECOMES
OVERGROWN BY ALGAE.
362
00:37:05,466 --> 00:37:07,766
EVENTUALLY, IT COULD DIE...
363
00:37:10,866 --> 00:37:13,566
AND THEN CRUMBLE.
364
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,533
ON THE NORTHERN REEFS,
MORE THAN 80%
365
00:37:22,566 --> 00:37:25,333
OF THE CORAL
HAS BECOME BLEACHED.
366
00:37:25,366 --> 00:37:28,833
THIS HAS TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES
FOR MANY OF THE THOUSANDS
367
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OF ORGANISMS THAT MAKE
THE REEF THEIR HOME.
368
00:37:31,766 --> 00:37:33,733
[WHALE CLICKING]
369
00:37:33,766 --> 00:37:43,800
♪
370
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:49,600
♪
371
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WITH UP TO 2/3 OF THE REEF
NOW AFFECTED BY BLEACHING,
372
00:37:54,333 --> 00:37:58,633
SATELLITES ARE ABLE TO
CAPTURE ITS CHANGING COLOR...
373
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,666
A POWERFUL TOOL FOR SCIENTISTS
STUDYING
374
00:38:08,700 --> 00:38:12,800
THIS GREAT MARINE HABITAT
375
00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:15,900
AND TO PROTECT
ITS VULNERABLE SPECIES.
376
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:31,433
THE VIEW FROM ABOVE IS PLAYING
AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE
377
00:38:31,466 --> 00:38:34,833
KEEPING WATCH OVER
OUR CHANGING PLANET.
378
00:38:40,966 --> 00:38:44,800
CITY LIGHTS NOW ILLUMINATE
MUCH OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE...
379
00:38:48,466 --> 00:38:51,533
BUT BRIGHT COLORED LIGHTS
CAN ALSO BE SPOTTED
380
00:38:51,566 --> 00:38:53,833
ACROSS THE WORLD'S OCEANS--
381
00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:59,800
A RIBBON OF BLUE
IN THE STRAIGHTS OF TAIWAN...
382
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:07,100
A HUGE LINE OF GREEN OFF JAPAN.
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00:39:13,533 --> 00:39:17,933
IN 2012, A MYSTERIOUS
LIGHT SOURCE WAS DISCOVERED
384
00:39:17,966 --> 00:39:21,966
OVER 200 MILES
OFF THE COAST OF ARGENTINA...
385
00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:27,733
HUNDREDS OF BRIGHT SPOTS...
386
00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:34,100
LINED UP ALONG THE VERY EDGE
OF ARGENTINA'S WATERS.
387
00:39:49,900 --> 00:40:03,533
♪
388
00:40:03,566 --> 00:40:11,200
THESE LIGHTS ARE CREATED BY
FLEETS OF SQUID FISHING BOATS.
389
00:40:11,233 --> 00:40:15,000
ALL HAVE GATHERED
FOR AN OCEAN BONANZA.
390
00:40:15,033 --> 00:40:28,033
♪
391
00:40:28,066 --> 00:40:32,466
EVERY NIGHT ACROSS
THE WORLD'S OCEANS,
392
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:35,700
MILLIONS OF SQUID RISE
FROM THE DEEP
393
00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:37,933
TO FEED NEAR THE SURFACE...
394
00:40:37,966 --> 00:40:52,133
♪
395
00:40:52,166 --> 00:40:59,766
NAVIGATING UPWARDS FROM THE DARK
TOWARD THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.
396
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:09,900
♪
397
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:19,533
♪
398
00:41:19,566 --> 00:41:22,966
HERE IN ARGENTINA, FISHERMEN
TAKE ADVANTAGE
399
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:29,033
BY FLOODING THE OCEAN
WITH POWERFUL ELECTRIC LIGHT,
400
00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:33,366
MIMICKING THE MOON AND DRAWING
THE SQUID TO THEIR BOATS.
401
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:45,633
FISHING IN THIS WAY IS PERMITTED
IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS,
402
00:41:45,666 --> 00:41:48,266
BUT OVERFISHING IS LEADING
TO MANY SPECIES
403
00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:50,666
BECOMING ENDANGERED.
404
00:41:59,766 --> 00:42:03,466
ARGENTINE COAST GUARD SHIPS
POLICE THESE WATERS.
405
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:06,700
PRACTICING NIGHTLY DRILLS MEANS
THEY ARE ALWAYS READY
406
00:42:06,733 --> 00:42:09,200
TO INTERCEPT ILLEGAL BOATS...
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00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:19,866
A HUGE CHALLENGE
FOR CAPTAIN CARLOS APABLAZA.
408
00:42:19,900 --> 00:42:23,033
THERE CAN BE AS MANY
AS 400 HUNDRED BOATS HERE
409
00:42:23,066 --> 00:42:26,533
ACROSS A VAST AREA OF OCEAN.
410
00:42:26,566 --> 00:42:30,600
THEY ARE ALL REQUIRED
TO CARRY A SATELLITE BEACON
411
00:42:30,633 --> 00:42:33,133
SO THE CAPTAIN CAN KEEP
TRACK OF THEM.
412
00:42:33,166 --> 00:42:43,200
♪
413
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:50,200
♪
414
00:42:50,233 --> 00:42:52,166
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
415
00:42:54,833 --> 00:42:58,033
A NEW SATELLITE UPDATE
COMES IN.
416
00:42:58,066 --> 00:43:01,966
[RADIO CHATTER]
417
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:06,166
A ROGUE FISHING BOAT HAS TURNED
OFF ITS SATELLITE BEACON
418
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,466
IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO OFF GRID.
419
00:43:11,666 --> 00:43:16,133
IT WAS LAST SEEN HEADING
TOWARDS ARGENTINIAN WATER.
420
00:43:24,266 --> 00:43:27,566
[ALARM RINGING]
421
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:34,500
CAPTAIN APABLAZA SETS A COURSE
TO INTERCEPT THE ROGUE VESSEL,
422
00:43:34,533 --> 00:43:36,800
BUT IT LOOKS AS IF THE BOAT
HAS ALSO TURNED OFF
423
00:43:36,833 --> 00:43:39,733
ITS FISHING LIGHTS,
424
00:43:39,766 --> 00:43:43,166
ATTEMPTING TO SNEAK
OVER THE BORDER UNSEEN,
425
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,033
WHERE THE SQUID ARE PLENTIFUL.
426
00:43:47,066 --> 00:43:50,166
IN THE NIGHT, THERE'S
A REAL RISK OF COLLISION.
427
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:58,133
♪
428
00:43:58,166 --> 00:44:00,666
[HORN BLOWING]
429
00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:07,566
♪
430
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,733
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FISHING BOAT
HAS ESCAPED THEM.
431
00:44:14,166 --> 00:44:15,833
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO]
432
00:44:15,866 --> 00:44:19,633
[PINGING]
433
00:44:19,666 --> 00:44:22,900
SUDDENLY, THEIR LUCK CHANGES.
434
00:44:22,933 --> 00:44:25,500
A NEWLY UPDATED
SATELLITE PICTURE
435
00:44:25,533 --> 00:44:30,866
HAS RELOCATED THE ROGUE VESSEL.
436
00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:35,733
BY ANALYZING PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN FROM SPACE,
437
00:44:35,766 --> 00:44:39,966
IT'S NOW POSSIBLE TO SPOT
THE LIGHTS OF A SINGLE BOAT
438
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,800
AWAY FROM THE FLEET.
439
00:44:42,833 --> 00:44:51,366
♪
440
00:44:56,466 --> 00:45:01,333
CAPTAIN APABLAZA ORDERS
HIS CREW TO ISSUE A WARNING.
441
00:45:01,366 --> 00:45:04,966
THIS IS ARGENTINE COAST GUARD
SHIP PREFECTO DEREBES
442
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:06,400
CALLING YOU. OVER.
443
00:45:06,433 --> 00:45:11,533
♪
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00:45:11,533 --> 00:45:16,433
♪
445
00:45:32,233 --> 00:45:34,666
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO]
446
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:38,300
[CREW MEMBER SPEAKING SPANISH]
447
00:45:38,333 --> 00:45:41,300
NARRATOR: THIS IS OFTEN ENOUGH
TO PERSUADE ROGUE VESSELS
448
00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:44,800
TO CHANGE COURSE AWAY
FROM ARGENTINIAN WATERS
449
00:45:44,833 --> 00:45:46,800
AND BACK TO THE FLEET.
450
00:45:46,833 --> 00:45:56,866
♪
451
00:45:56,866 --> 00:46:07,733
♪
452
00:46:07,766 --> 00:46:11,200
SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER
453
00:46:11,233 --> 00:46:14,233
TO HELP COMBAT
ILLEGAL FISHING...
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AND KEEP OUR OCEANS HEALTHY.
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HUMANS HAVE FOREVER CHANGED
THE COLORS WE CAN SEE
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ON OUR PLANET...
458
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AND ONE IS SPREADING
FASTER THAN ANY OTHER,
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THE GRAY OF CITIES.
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IN THE LAST 40 YEARS, LAS VEGAS
HAS TRIPLED IN SIZE...
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00:47:19,033 --> 00:47:22,733
ITS SUBURBS SPRAWLING
INTO THE NEVADA DESERT.
462
00:47:28,033 --> 00:47:34,266
TOKYO IS NOW HOME TO MORE PEOPLE
THAN ANY OTHER CITY ON EARTH.
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00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:45,133
38 MILLION LIVE HERE.
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AS THE GRAY
OF CONCRETE SPREADS,
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NATURE IS BEING PUSHED OUT.
466
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,800
CHENNAI IS ONE
OF INDIA'S LARGEST CITIES
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00:48:04,833 --> 00:48:09,766
WITH OVER 68,000 PEOPLE
PER SQUARE MILE,
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LEAVING LITTLE SPACE FOR NATURE,
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LEAVING LITTLE SPACE FOR NATURE,
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BUT NOT EVERYTHING
HERE IS GRAY.
471
00:48:16,966 --> 00:48:20,066
[BIRDS CHIRPING AND SQUAWKING]
472
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,900
WILD PARAKEETS.
473
00:48:34,566 --> 00:48:39,533
IN THIS EVER-GROWING CITY,
ONE MAN HAS MADE ROOM
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00:48:39,566 --> 00:48:42,533
FOR WILDLIFE.
475
00:48:42,566 --> 00:48:47,500
15 YEARS AGO, JOSEPH SEKAR
SAW A PAIR OF PARAKEETS
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00:48:47,533 --> 00:48:50,933
STRUGGLING TO FIND FOOD
IN THE CITY STREETS.
477
00:48:57,300 --> 00:49:00,000
HE DECIDED TO PUT OUT
SOME RICE.
478
00:49:05,566 --> 00:49:07,233
OTHERS CAME,
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SO EACH DAY,
HE PUT OUT EVEN MORE.
480
00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:21,933
NOW EVERY DAY,
HE AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS
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PREPARE THEIR ROOFTOP...
482
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[GIRLS GIGGLING]
483
00:49:30,966 --> 00:49:36,166
FOR THE ARRIVAL
OF 4,000 BIRDS.
484
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:41,300
♪
485
00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:46,200
♪
486
00:50:31,033 --> 00:50:36,233
JOSEPH SPENDS NEARLY 50% OF HIS
INCOME ON FEEDING THE PARAKEETS.
487
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,533
THEY COME TWICE A DAY
WITHOUT FAIL.
488
00:51:07,366 --> 00:51:10,833
JOSEPH HAS NOT ONLY GIVEN
A LIFELINE TO THESE BIRDS
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00:51:10,833 --> 00:51:10,866
JOSEPH HAS NOT ONLY GIVEN
A LIFELINE TO THESE BIRDS
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00:51:10,866 --> 00:51:12,900
WHEN THEY MOST NEEDED IT.
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00:51:15,700 --> 00:51:17,933
HE HAS BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT
OF COLOR BACK
492
00:51:17,966 --> 00:51:20,100
INTO THE GRAY CITY STREETS.
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00:51:33,066 --> 00:51:43,100
♪
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00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:51,333
♪
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AS THE GRAY
OF OUR CITIES SPREADS,
496
00:51:54,900 --> 00:52:00,000
HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE CAN
ONE PERSON REALLY MAKE?
497
00:52:00,033 --> 00:52:03,500
JOSEPH'S ACTIONS MAY BE
ON A SMALL SCALE...
498
00:52:07,733 --> 00:52:13,133
HIS ONE GREEN ROOFTOP BARELY
VISIBLE FROM ABOVE,
499
00:52:13,166 --> 00:52:16,266
BUT IF MORE OF US FOLLOWED
HIS EXAMPLE,
500
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:19,466
OUR CITIES WOULD BE
A LOT LESS GRAY.
501
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:29,766
♪
502
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:34,333
60 YEARS AGO, SCIENTISTS WERE
NOT SURE THAT EARTH'S SURFACE
503
00:52:34,366 --> 00:52:37,066
COULD EVEN BE SEEN CLEARLY
FROM SPACE.
504
00:52:40,966 --> 00:52:43,966
THEY THOUGHT THAT DUST
IN THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD MASK
505
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,433
THE OCEANS AND CONTINENTS...
506
00:52:53,933 --> 00:52:56,600
BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY
HAS FOREVER CHANGED
507
00:52:56,633 --> 00:52:58,866
THE WAY WE SEE OUR PLANET.
508
00:53:02,466 --> 00:53:09,933
FROM ABOVE, COLORS HAVE LED
TO NEW DISCOVERIES,
509
00:53:09,966 --> 00:53:12,900
REVEALING WHERE LIFE
IS THRIVING...
510
00:53:16,266 --> 00:53:20,833
AND, CRUCIALLY, WHERE
THE NATURAL WORLD
511
00:53:20,866 --> 00:53:22,966
IS UNDER THREAT...
512
00:53:25,566 --> 00:53:30,366
AND AS HUMANS CONTINUE TO
INFLUENCE THE PLANET,
513
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:38,166
NEVER HAS IT BEEN MORE IMPORTANT
TO PROTECT OUR COLORFUL HOME.
514
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:40,066
515
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:42,400
♪
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00:53:43,066 --> 00:53:44,533
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00:53:59,266 --> 00:54:02,566
♪♪
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00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:10,800
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VO: Next time on Life From
Above...
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Looking down from space...
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00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,333
Satellite cameras capture the
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00:54:16,366 --> 00:54:18,933
extraordinary patterns of our
planet.
530
00:54:18,966 --> 00:54:21,400
Revealing a vast array of
shapes...
531
00:54:21,433 --> 00:54:24,633
Carved into the earth by
powerful natural forces...
532
00:54:24,666 --> 00:54:27,400
Transformed by remarkable
animals...
533
00:54:27,433 --> 00:54:30,100
And even, patterns created by
humans.
534
00:54:30,133 --> 00:54:32,100
This new perspective is
transforming
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00:54:32,133 --> 00:54:34,766
our understanding of the natural
world.
536
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,833
Discover the incredible
tapestry of our planet...
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00:54:37,866 --> 00:54:37,899
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