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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:09,833 --> 00:00:12,633 NARRATOR: FROM THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE, 2 00:00:12,666 --> 00:00:16,133 EARTH IS A BLUE PLANET, 3 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:18,566 BUT LOOK CLOSER, 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:24,166 AND IT BECOMES A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOR-- 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,866 SURPRISING AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING. 6 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:35,733 CREATED BY NATURAL PHENOMENA... 7 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,100 BY ANIMALS... 8 00:00:44,033 --> 00:00:45,933 AND BY PEOPLE. 9 00:00:45,966 --> 00:00:54,533 ♪ 10 00:00:54,566 --> 00:00:58,333 THESE COLORS ARE REVEALING NEW INSIGHTS 11 00:00:58,366 --> 00:01:00,333 INTO THE LIFE OF OUR PLANET. 12 00:01:00,366 --> 00:01:14,366 ♪ 13 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,200 SATELLITES ORBITING THE EARTH 14 00:01:17,233 --> 00:01:21,066 CAN NOW LOOK DOWN AT OUR HOME IN EXTRAORDINARY DETAIL. 15 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:26,866 THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE IS TRANSFORMING 16 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:29,433 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD. 17 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:38,933 AT A TIME WHEN EARTH'S SURFACE IS CHANGING FASTER 18 00:01:38,966 --> 00:01:41,433 THAN AT ANY POINT IN HUMAN HISTORY, 19 00:01:41,466 --> 00:01:46,766 THESE CAMERAS ARE REVEALING OUR PLANET IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. 20 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,766 THIS IS OUR HOME AS WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. 21 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,000 [CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 22 00:01:54,033 --> 00:02:05,666 ♪ 23 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:15,833 NATURAL PHENOMENA CREATE SOME 24 00:02:15,866 --> 00:02:18,266 OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY COLORS ON EARTH... 25 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:24,933 NONE MORE SO THAN THE AURORA, 26 00:02:24,966 --> 00:02:27,233 OUR PLANET'S GREATEST SPECTACLE. 27 00:02:35,833 --> 00:02:39,433 THE PEOPLE OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE HAVE MANY LEGENDS 28 00:02:39,466 --> 00:02:42,366 TO EXPLAIN THESE COLORFUL DISPLAYS. 29 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,633 IN FINLAND, THEY ARE THE SPARKS OF FIRE 30 00:02:49,666 --> 00:02:51,666 FROM THE FLAMING TAIL 31 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,033 OF A RUNNING FOX. 32 00:02:53,066 --> 00:03:02,700 ♪ 33 00:03:02,733 --> 00:03:05,233 THE VIKINGS BELIEVED THEM TO BE THE GLOW 34 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:08,066 FROM THE ARMOR OF DEAD WARRIORS 35 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,133 MARCHING THEIR WAY TO VALHALLA. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 36 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:10,166 MARCHING THEIR WAY TO VALHALLA. 37 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:19,466 ♪ 38 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:22,266 IN GREENLAND, A NATIONAL OBSESSION 39 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:24,300 HAS BEEN BORN FROM THE LIGHTS. 40 00:03:27,966 --> 00:03:30,500 THIS IS ILULISSAT 41 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:35,066 150 MILES NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, 42 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:37,633 HOME TO NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE. 43 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:44,966 EVEN AT -3, NOTHING GETS IN THE WAY 44 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,100 OF THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE PASTIME... 45 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:50,966 SOCCER. 46 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,033 [CHATTERING IN GREENLANDIC] 47 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:00,666 SOFIE ANDERSEN IS SOMETHING OF A SUPERFAN. 48 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:02,100 [SOFIE LAUGHING] 49 00:04:41,433 --> 00:04:44,000 [HOWLING] 50 00:04:45,666 --> 00:04:48,700 WITNESSING THE AURORA'S COLOR 51 00:04:48,733 --> 00:04:50,433 IS ALWAYS MAGICAL... 52 00:04:57,900 --> 00:04:59,933 BUT THE VIEW FROM SPACE... 53 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:04,400 HAS TRANSFORMED OUR UNDERSTANDING 54 00:05:04,433 --> 00:05:06,300 OF THIS SPECTACLE. 55 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:12,333 ONLY FROM ABOVE CAN THE WHOLE AURORA BE SEEN. 56 00:05:12,366 --> 00:05:16,366 THE RIBBONS OF LIGHT ARE WAVES OF SOLAR PARTICLES 57 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,966 COLLIDING WITH OUR ATMOSPHERE, 58 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,633 FORMING VERTICAL STREAKS HUNDREDS OF MILES HIGH. 59 00:05:25,666 --> 00:05:27,666 WE NOW KNOW THESE FOLLOW THE LINES 60 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:31,066 OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD, 61 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:33,266 AND SCIENTISTS HAVE OBSERVED COLOR 62 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,566 MORE SPECTACULAR THAN EVER. 63 00:05:40,766 --> 00:05:44,600 200 MILES UP, THE LIGHTS TURN FROM GREEN... 64 00:05:46,733 --> 00:05:48,133 TO RED... 65 00:05:51,766 --> 00:05:54,900 AS SOLAR PARTICLES REACT WITH OXYGEN. 66 00:05:54,933 --> 00:06:06,366 ♪ 67 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,900 MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE AURORA 68 00:06:08,933 --> 00:06:12,733 HAS ONLY BEEN DISCOVERED BY STUDYING IT FROM SPACE. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 69 00:06:12,733 --> 00:06:12,766 HAS ONLY BEEN DISCOVERED BY STUDYING IT FROM SPACE. 70 00:06:12,766 --> 00:06:25,166 ♪ 71 00:06:36,066 --> 00:06:39,633 THE TINIEST SPLASH OF COLOR 72 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:42,533 IS NOW HELPING TO LOCATE ANIMALS 73 00:06:42,566 --> 00:06:44,866 IN THE MOST REMOTE LANDSCAPES. 74 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:50,933 IN JUNE, THE SHORES OF THESE EAST AFRICAN LAKES 75 00:06:50,966 --> 00:06:52,900 ARE FLECKED WITH PINK... 76 00:06:58,533 --> 00:07:04,100 A FLOCK OF THOUSANDS OF LESSER FLAMINGOS. 77 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:06,700 [FLAMINGOS SQUAWKING] 78 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:14,833 THESE FLAMINGO PARADES 79 00:07:14,866 --> 00:07:19,200 HELP THE BIRDS TO FIND A PARTNER, 80 00:07:19,233 --> 00:07:21,666 ALTHOUGH WE DON'T YET FULLY UNDERSTAND 81 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:25,233 HOW THEY MAKE THEIR CHOICE. 82 00:07:25,266 --> 00:07:27,766 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE FLAMINGOS MOVE 83 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,633 BETWEEN REMOTE LAKES IN SEARCH OF FOOD. 84 00:07:32,666 --> 00:07:35,766 TRACKING THEM FROM THE GROUND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE... 85 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,533 BUT SATELLITES NOW ALLOW SCIENTISTS TO FIND THE FLOCKS 86 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:49,533 AS THEY LAND ON THE LAKE SHORES, 87 00:07:49,566 --> 00:07:53,433 MONITORING THEIR MOVEMENT AND THEIR NUMBERS. 88 00:07:53,466 --> 00:08:07,466 ♪ 89 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,466 IN ANTARCTICA, A FLASH OF RED... 90 00:08:14,233 --> 00:08:16,300 BLOOD ON THE ICE... 91 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,866 WHERE WEDDELL SEALS HAVE JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO NEW PUPS. 92 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:26,433 [SEALS BARKS] 93 00:08:31,733 --> 00:08:34,166 [BARKS] 94 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,933 THE SOUTH ATLANTIC SEAS SURROUNDING BIRD ISLAND 95 00:08:37,966 --> 00:08:40,933 ARE SO TREACHEROUS THAT SATELLITES 96 00:08:40,966 --> 00:08:42,700 ARE THE SAFEST WAY TO STUDY THEM. 97 00:08:45,866 --> 00:08:49,400 SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING FOR THESE TINY SPOTS.. 98 00:08:56,933 --> 00:09:01,433 EACH A WANDERING ALBATROSS. 99 00:09:01,466 --> 00:09:03,766 [SQUAWKING] 100 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:13,566 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 101 00:09:13,566 --> 00:09:13,600 ♪ 102 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:18,700 USING COLOR IN THIS WAY IS A POWERFUL NEW TOOL, 103 00:09:18,733 --> 00:09:20,700 WHICH HAS LED TO ONE OF THE GREATEST 104 00:09:20,733 --> 00:09:23,966 WILDLIFE DISCOVERIES OF THE LAST DECADE. 105 00:09:29,766 --> 00:09:33,400 IN ANTARCTICA, AN UNEXPECTED COLOR 106 00:09:33,433 --> 00:09:35,800 HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, 107 00:09:35,833 --> 00:09:39,200 BROWN PATCHES DOTTED ACROSS THE ICE. 108 00:09:39,233 --> 00:09:42,100 [WIND BLOWING] 109 00:09:42,133 --> 00:09:45,133 THEY MARK THE LOCATION OF ONE OUR PLANET'S 110 00:09:45,166 --> 00:09:47,033 MOST ICONIC SPECIES... 111 00:09:53,133 --> 00:09:54,666 EMPEROR PENGUINS... 112 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,066 [PENGUINS CHATTERING] 113 00:09:59,133 --> 00:10:02,300 WRAPPED IN A COAT OF DENSE FEATHERS TO SURVIVE 114 00:10:02,333 --> 00:10:04,233 THE EXTREME COLD. 115 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:15,033 THE COLONY IS FULL OF NEW LIFE. 116 00:10:21,833 --> 00:10:24,033 HATCHED JUST A MONTH BEFORE, 117 00:10:24,066 --> 00:10:28,533 THE HUNGRY CHICKS CONSUME PREDIGESTED FISH AND KRILL 118 00:10:28,566 --> 00:10:30,400 BROUGHT TO THEM BY THEIR PARENTS... 119 00:10:30,433 --> 00:10:40,266 ♪ 120 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:42,800 BUT AT 40 DEGREES BELOW, 121 00:10:42,833 --> 00:10:46,533 ALL THE WATER IS FROZEN SOLID. 122 00:10:46,566 --> 00:10:48,500 WITH NOTHING TO DRINK, 123 00:10:48,533 --> 00:10:52,533 THE PENGUINS MUST EAT THE SNOW BENEATH THEIR FEET, 124 00:10:52,566 --> 00:10:55,533 WHICH IS BECOMING... RATHER UNAPPEALING. 125 00:10:55,566 --> 00:11:05,666 ♪ 126 00:11:05,666 --> 00:11:17,800 ♪ 127 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,133 20,000 BIRDS CREATE A VAST AMOUNT OF DROPPINGS. 128 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:35,566 THEY NEED TO FIND FRESH, CLEAN SNOW TO EAT. 129 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,566 AS THE COLONY SLOWLY WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE ICE, 130 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,200 THEY LEAVE A TRAIL BEHIND THEM. 131 00:11:48,233 --> 00:11:50,933 OVER WEEKS, THE PATCHES SPREAD... 132 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:59,600 AND ONCE SCIENTISTS KNEW WHAT TO LOOK FOR, 133 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:03,533 THEY STARTED TO FIND NEW COLONIES. 134 00:12:03,566 --> 00:12:07,366 26 PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES 135 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,433 HAVE NOW BEEN DISCOVERED FROM SPACE... WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 136 00:12:10,433 --> 00:12:12,533 HAVE NOW BEEN DISCOVERED FROM SPACE... 137 00:12:12,533 --> 00:12:16,266 DOUBLING THE KNOWN GLOBAL POPULATION OF THE SPECIES. 138 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:26,333 ♪ 139 00:12:26,333 --> 00:12:31,433 ♪ 140 00:12:31,466 --> 00:12:35,600 WHILE THE VIEW FROM ABOVE CAN HELP US DISCOVER NEW LIFE, 141 00:12:35,633 --> 00:12:39,800 IT CAN ALSO SHOW US LANDSCAPES IN NEED OF EXTRA CARE. 142 00:12:42,066 --> 00:12:44,766 SATELLITE CAMERAS LOOKING DOWN ON THE WHITE 143 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,866 OF THE GREENLAND ICECAP REVEAL SPOTS OF BLUE. 144 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:58,833 ARCTIC TEMPERATURES ARE RISING DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, 145 00:12:58,866 --> 00:13:03,600 AND NOW EACH SUMMER, RIVERS OF TURQUOISE MELTWATER 146 00:13:03,633 --> 00:13:06,833 ARE SPREADING FURTHER AND FURTHER ACROSS THE ICE. 147 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:14,866 THESE RIVERS FLOW INTO DEPRESSIONS ON THE ICE CAP... 148 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:24,366 ♪ 149 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,766 FORMING HUGE LAKES OF MELTWATER... 150 00:13:31,733 --> 00:13:37,166 EACH ONE UP TO 3 SQUARE MILES OF SAPPHIRE BLUE. 151 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,033 [WATER FLOWING] 152 00:13:39,066 --> 00:13:44,166 ♪ 153 00:13:44,166 --> 00:13:49,066 ♪ 154 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,633 SCIENTISTS HAVE COMBINED SATELLITE IMAGES OF THESE LAKES 155 00:14:13,666 --> 00:14:16,000 TAKEN OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS... 156 00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:23,266 TO DISCOVER THAT THEY FILL AND EMPTY AGAIN AND AGAIN... 157 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:32,100 REVEALING THAT UP TO 550 BILLION TONS OF WATER 158 00:14:32,133 --> 00:14:36,566 PER YEAR DRAINS OFF THE ICECAP AND INTO THE SEA. 159 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:51,033 ♪ 160 00:14:51,066 --> 00:14:56,333 SATELLITES ARE NOW BEING USED TO MEASURE AND MONITOR THESE LAKES 161 00:14:56,366 --> 00:15:00,533 IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE THIS FRAGILE LANDSCAPE. 162 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:10,600 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 163 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:24,133 ♪ 164 00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:26,266 FINDING COLOR FROM ABOVE HAS LED 165 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:28,833 TO GROUNDBREAKING NEW DISCOVERIES 166 00:15:28,866 --> 00:15:31,266 IN REMOTE CORNERS OF THE WORLD... 167 00:15:36,033 --> 00:15:41,133 BUT NOT ALL THE COLORS ON OUR PLANET ARE NATURAL. 168 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:45,566 SOME OF EARTH'S MOST SURPRISING COLORS ARE MANMADE. 169 00:15:49,433 --> 00:15:52,566 IN MASSACHUSETTS, MILLIONS OF HARVESTED 170 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:57,000 FLOATING CRANBERRIES TURN PONDS BLOOD RED... 171 00:15:57,033 --> 00:16:07,100 ♪ 172 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:10,500 WHILE IN THE DESERTS OF UTAH, MINERAL POOLS ARE DYED 173 00:16:10,533 --> 00:16:14,533 BRIGHT BLUE TO SPEED UP EVAPORATION 174 00:16:14,566 --> 00:16:18,733 AND EXTRACT POTASH THAT'S USED IN FERTILIZER. 175 00:16:18,766 --> 00:16:29,466 ♪ 176 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:31,500 IN THE GOBI DESERT, 177 00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:36,266 MILLIONS OF RED-HOT CHILIES ARE DRYING IN THE SUN... 178 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:46,333 ♪ 179 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:51,300 ♪ 180 00:16:51,333 --> 00:16:54,333 WHILE THE BAY AREA OF SAN FRANCISCO IS LIKE 181 00:16:54,366 --> 00:16:57,166 A KALEIDOSCOPE 182 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,966 AS SALT IS PRODUCED IN SEAWATER EVAPORATION PONDS... 183 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:15,766 ♪ 184 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,400 AND EVERY SPRING, THE FIELDS OF HOLLAND ARE PAINTED 185 00:17:19,433 --> 00:17:22,100 WITH RAINBOW BARCODE STRIPES. 186 00:17:22,133 --> 00:17:32,166 ♪ 187 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:39,500 ♪ 188 00:17:39,533 --> 00:17:44,633 60% OF ALL THE WORLD'S TULIPS ARE HARVESTED FROM THESE FIELDS. 189 00:17:44,666 --> 00:17:53,566 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 190 00:18:16,233 --> 00:18:19,266 WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, ALL THE FLOWERS 191 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:22,400 AND THEIR COLORS ARE GONE. 192 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:33,733 AND EVERY SPRING IN SOUTHWEST CHINA... 193 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:39,266 A VAST AREA APPEARS BRIGHT YELLOW... 194 00:18:45,033 --> 00:18:49,900 AS BILLIONS OF RAPESEED FLOWERS BLOOM. 195 00:18:55,666 --> 00:19:00,433 THESE FLOWERS WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE UP TO 20% 196 00:19:00,466 --> 00:19:02,933 OF ALL THE WORLD'S RAPESEED OIL... 197 00:19:02,966 --> 00:19:13,000 ♪ 198 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:21,200 ♪ 199 00:19:21,233 --> 00:19:26,366 A COLOR TRANSFORMATION SO HUGE THE ONLY WAY TO CAPTURE IT 200 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,666 IN ITS ENTIRETY IS FROM SPACE. 201 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:35,800 ♪ 202 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:40,700 ♪ 203 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:02,266 [MAN SPEAKING CHINESE] 204 00:20:04,233 --> 00:20:07,466 MR. DAI AND HIS SON ARE NOMADS. 205 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:13,900 THEY'VE TRAVELED ACROSS CHINA JUST IN TIME FOR THE BLOOM... 206 00:20:16,166 --> 00:20:18,600 BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE OIL. 207 00:20:22,666 --> 00:20:25,433 [SPEAKING CHINESE] 208 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:33,000 THEY'VE COME TO MAKE HONEY. 209 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:53,333 BUT THE WEATHER IS NOT ON THEIR SIDE. 210 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,966 THE VIEW FROM SPACE IS ALMOST COMPLETELY WHITE. 211 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,733 THICK CLOUDS ARE BLOCKING THE SUN. 212 00:21:05,766 --> 00:21:17,300 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 213 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:17,333 ♪ 214 00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:20,366 IT'S JUST TOO COLD FOR THE BEES TO FLY. 215 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:50,400 ♪ 216 00:21:50,433 --> 00:21:54,300 WITH A CHILL IN THE AIR, THESE BEES 217 00:21:54,333 --> 00:21:56,200 AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE... 218 00:21:59,766 --> 00:22:03,266 AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT. 219 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,100 IN TWO WEEKS, THE RAPESEED FARMERS 220 00:22:05,133 --> 00:22:09,833 WILL SPRAY PESTICIDES OVER THE FIELDS, 221 00:22:09,866 --> 00:22:14,233 MAKING IT A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR THE BEES. 222 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:17,566 THEY HAVE TO MOVE ON BEFORE THE SPRAYING STARTS. 223 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,466 ALL THEY CAN DO IS WAIT FOR THE SUN. 224 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:39,200 ♪ 225 00:22:42,633 --> 00:22:51,266 ♪ 226 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:57,133 AFTER 3 GRAY DAYS, THE CLOUDS FINALLY PART... 227 00:22:57,166 --> 00:23:11,566 ♪ 228 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:16,200 AND 1.5 MILLION BEES HEAD OUT TO WORK. 229 00:23:16,233 --> 00:23:18,200 [BUZZING] 230 00:23:18,233 --> 00:23:28,900 ♪ 231 00:23:28,933 --> 00:23:30,766 [HAI LAUGHING] 232 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:36,533 THEY MUST VISIT OVER TWO MILLION FLOWERS 233 00:23:36,566 --> 00:23:39,533 TO MAKE JUST ONE JAR OF HONEY. 234 00:23:39,566 --> 00:23:49,600 ♪ 235 00:23:49,600 --> 00:24:01,600 ♪ 236 00:24:01,633 --> 00:24:04,333 THE BEES DRINK THE SUGARY NECTAR... WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 237 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,133 AND TRANSFER IT TO THE HIVE, 238 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:16,466 WHERE IT BECOMES HONEY... 239 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:24,700 FOOD FOR THE HIVE DURING THE LONG WINTER MONTHS... 240 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:31,500 BUT BEES ARE MORE THAN JUST HONEY MAKERS. 241 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:36,833 THEY ARE ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT CROP POLLINATORS, 242 00:24:36,866 --> 00:24:42,000 HELPING PLANTS PRODUCE FRUITS, SEEDS, AND VEGETABLES. 243 00:24:45,566 --> 00:24:47,433 [BUZZING] 244 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,800 WE NEED BEES... 245 00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:02,866 BUT NOW PESTICIDES ARE CONTRIBUTING 246 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:06,900 TO A WORLDWIDE DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF HONEYBEES. 247 00:25:06,933 --> 00:25:17,500 ♪ 248 00:25:17,533 --> 00:25:20,833 MR. DAI'S WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS SHORT... 249 00:25:24,466 --> 00:25:26,800 BUT THE BEES HAVE BEEN BUSY. 250 00:25:35,366 --> 00:25:37,500 [DAI LAUGHING] 251 00:25:45,166 --> 00:25:48,600 HE HAS MADE JUST ENOUGH HONEY TO SELL AT THE MARKET... 252 00:25:55,366 --> 00:25:58,933 AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON. 253 00:25:58,966 --> 00:26:03,133 THE FIELDS WILL BE SPRAYED IN TWO DAYS' TIME, 254 00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:05,866 AND OIL PRODUCTION WILL START. 255 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,933 EARTH'S SURFACE IS CHANGING FASTER NOW 256 00:26:15,966 --> 00:26:18,633 THAN AT ANY POINT IN HUMAN HISTORY... 257 00:26:21,033 --> 00:26:25,966 WHICH MAKES THE VIEW FROM ABOVE CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. 258 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,633 COLORS CAN BE AN INDICATION OF THE PLANET'S HEALTH. 259 00:26:30,666 --> 00:26:37,033 WHERE THEY APPEAR THEY CAN BE A SIGN THAT LIFE IS THRIVING, 260 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:40,533 BUT WHERE THEY DISAPPEAR, THE NATURAL WORLD 261 00:26:40,566 --> 00:26:42,566 MAY BE UNDER THREAT. 262 00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:56,200 OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA, SPRING HAS TRANSFORMED THE OCEAN... 263 00:26:59,033 --> 00:27:03,833 VAST SWIRLS OF GREEN AND TURQUOISE 264 00:27:03,866 --> 00:27:07,666 HUNDREDS OF MILES ACROSS, 265 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,966 A PLANKTON BLOOM. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 266 00:27:09,966 --> 00:27:15,333 A PLANKTON BLOOM. 267 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:18,900 DESPITE THEIR ENORMOUS SIZE, THESE BLOOMS ARE CREATED 268 00:27:18,933 --> 00:27:22,733 BY SOME OF THE TINIEST LIFE FORMS ON OUR PLANET. 269 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:32,200 ♪ 270 00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:36,233 THESE MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS HAVE SURVIVED THROUGH THE WINTER... 271 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:43,200 AND NOW THEY USE THE WARMING WATERS 272 00:27:43,233 --> 00:27:48,966 AND SPRING SUNSHINE TO MULTIPLY IN THEIR MILLIONS... 273 00:27:53,933 --> 00:27:56,133 TRANSFORMING THE OCEAN ON A SCALE 274 00:27:56,166 --> 00:27:59,433 THAT CAN ONLY BE SEEN FROM SPACE. 275 00:28:07,466 --> 00:28:11,666 ALL ACROSS THE WORLD'S OCEANS, PLANKTON BLOOMS ATTRACT FISH 276 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:18,366 IN HUGE NUMBERS, AND THEIR PREDATORS FOLLOW. 277 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,500 IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, 278 00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:23,166 THOUSANDS OF SHEARWATERS LAUNCH A SURFACE ATTACK 279 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,666 ON VAST SHOALS OF HERRING... 280 00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:35,733 ♪ 281 00:28:35,733 --> 00:28:43,133 ♪ 282 00:28:43,166 --> 00:28:46,433 WHILE BELOW HUMPBACK WHALES GORGE ON UP 283 00:28:46,466 --> 00:28:51,233 TO 1.5 TONS OF FISH A DAY. 284 00:28:51,266 --> 00:28:53,633 IN THE SHALLOW SEAS OF SOUTH AFRICA... 285 00:28:56,033 --> 00:28:59,000 PLANKTON FEED BILLIONS OF SARDINES... 286 00:29:01,466 --> 00:29:04,433 ATTRACTING ONE OF THE LARGEST GATHERINGS OF PREDATORS 287 00:29:04,466 --> 00:29:06,966 ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH... 288 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,100 ♪ 289 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:17,000 ♪ 290 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:48,200 BUT THESE BLOOMS DON'T JUST SUPPORT OCEAN FOOD CHAINS. 291 00:29:50,566 --> 00:29:53,000 THESE TINY, PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS 292 00:29:53,033 --> 00:29:58,266 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 00:30:09,566 --> 00:30:12,500 THAT ARE THE LUNGS OF OUR WORLD. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 295 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:12,533 THAT ARE THE LUNGS OF OUR WORLD. 296 00:30:12,533 --> 00:30:19,433 ♪ 297 00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:26,033 EARTH'S GREATEST NATURAL SPECTACLES 298 00:30:26,066 --> 00:30:30,266 AND ALL LIFE ON ITS SURFACE CREATE COLOR... 299 00:30:35,866 --> 00:30:38,533 AND THERE IS ONE PLACE THAT IS PERHAPS 300 00:30:38,566 --> 00:30:41,300 MORE COLORFUL THAN ANY OTHER. 301 00:30:49,133 --> 00:30:55,200 OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA, A RIBBON OF COLOR STRETCHES 302 00:30:55,233 --> 00:30:58,166 FOR OVER 1,400 MILES... 303 00:31:06,466 --> 00:31:10,966 THE LARGEST LIVING STRUCTURE WE CAN SEE FROM SPACE... 304 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,066 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 00:31:37,466 --> 00:31:42,966 ITS COLOR IS A SIGN THE REEF IS HEALTHY 308 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,000 AND HOME TO THOUSANDS OF SPECIES, 309 00:31:47,033 --> 00:31:50,366 SOME OF WHICH ARE SEEN NOWHERE ELSE. 310 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:58,566 EVERY WINTER, VISITORS EMERGE FROM THE DEEP BLUE... 311 00:32:01,433 --> 00:32:04,133 THEIR DISTANT VOICES THE FIRST SIGN 312 00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:06,233 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 00:32:15,666 --> 00:32:27,466 ♪ 317 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. 319 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:46,966 ♪ 320 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,833 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. 322 00:32:53,700 --> 00:33:03,800 ♪ 323 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:11,866 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 324 00:33:11,866 --> 00:33:11,900 ♪ 325 00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:15,900 AT JUST 6 FEET LONG, THEY'LL STAY WITH THEIR MOTHERS 326 00:33:15,933 --> 00:33:18,266 FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. 327 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:27,466 ♪ 328 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,533 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 00:33:40,233 --> 00:33:42,333 FOLLOWING THE REEF. 332 00:33:42,366 --> 00:33:51,700 ♪ 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 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,700 ONE IS THE HARD LIMESTONE SKELETON, 345 00:35:12,733 --> 00:35:16,800 THEN THE SOFT CORAL POLYPS THAT LIVE INSIDE THE SKELETON, 346 00:35:16,833 --> 00:35:20,166 AND THE THIRD, ALGAE, 347 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,966 A MICROSCOPIC PLANT LIKE-ORGANISM 348 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:28,266 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 00:35:36,733 --> 00:35:39,700 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 00:35:52,166 --> 00:35:55,966 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 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 358 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:34,400 ♪ 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 00:37:28,866 --> 00:37:31,733 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 00:37:49,633 --> 00:37:54,300 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. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 383 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... WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 407 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 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 444 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... 454 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,966 AND KEEP OUR OCEANS HEALTHY. 455 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:34,600 ♪ 456 00:46:48,533 --> 00:46:52,100 HUMANS HAVE FOREVER CHANGED THE COLORS WE CAN SEE 457 00:46:52,133 --> 00:46:53,966 ON OUR PLANET... 458 00:46:59,633 --> 00:47:05,866 AND ONE IS SPREADING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER, 459 00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:09,066 THE GRAY OF CITIES. 460 00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:14,733 IN THE LAST 40 YEARS, LAS VEGAS HAS TRIPLED IN SIZE... 461 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. 463 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:45,133 38 MILLION LIVE HERE. 464 00:47:45,166 --> 00:47:49,433 AS THE GRAY OF CONCRETE SPREADS, 465 00:47:49,466 --> 00:47:52,666 NATURE IS BEING PUSHED OUT. 466 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,800 CHENNAI IS ONE OF INDIA'S LARGEST CITIES 467 00:48:04,833 --> 00:48:09,766 WITH OVER 68,000 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE, 468 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:13,400 LEAVING LITTLE SPACE FOR NATURE, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 469 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:13,433 LEAVING LITTLE SPACE FOR NATURE, 470 00:48:13,433 --> 00:48:16,933 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 474 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 476 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, 479 00:49:07,266 --> 00:49:10,766 SO EACH DAY, HE PUT OUT EVEN MORE. 480 00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:21,933 NOW EVERY DAY, HE AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS 481 00:49:21,966 --> 00:49:24,133 PREPARE THEIR ROOFTOP... 482 00:49:24,166 --> 00:49:26,966 [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 WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 489 00:51:10,833 --> 00:51:10,866 JOSEPH HAS NOT ONLY GIVEN A LIFELINE TO THESE BIRDS 490 00:51:10,866 --> 00:51:12,900 WHEN THEY MOST NEEDED IT. 491 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. 493 00:51:33,066 --> 00:51:43,100 ♪ 494 00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:51,333 ♪ 495 00:51:51,366 --> 00:51:54,866 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 ♪ 516 00:53:43,066 --> 00:53:44,533 TO ORDER "LIFE FROM ABOVE" 517 00:53:44,566 --> 00:53:45,533 ON DVD. 518 00:53:45,566 --> 00:53:46,933 VISIT SHOP.PBS.ORG 519 00:53:46,966 --> 00:53:49,233 OR CALL 1-800-PLAY-PBS 520 00:53:49,266 --> 00:53:51,966 ALSO AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO 521 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:53,966   ♪ 522 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:59,233 523 00:53:59,266 --> 00:54:02,566 ♪♪ 524 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:10,800   WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 525 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:10,833 526 00:54:10,833 --> 00:54:13,200 VO: Next time on Life From Above... 527 00:54:13,233 --> 00:54:14,766 Looking down from space... 528 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,333 Satellite cameras capture the 529 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 535 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... 537 00:54:37,866 --> 00:54:37,899 As you've never seen it before. 39383

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