Sunrise Earth - Season 1
Season 1
Network
DatesSep 27, 2004 - Sep 8, 2008
Episodes
Season 1Episode 150 min
Moose in the Morning
The sun rises as moose graze in Kidney Pond in Maine, under the shadow of the 4,000 ft. peak of Katahdin Mountain
Sep 27, 2004
Season 1Episode 250 min
Yellowstone Geysers
Sunrise in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Locations include Black Sands Basin, Firehole River, Midway Geyser Basin, Lower Geyser Basin, and Riverside Geyser
Sep 28, 2004
Season 1Episode 350 min
Gator Hole
Alligators, egrets, wood storks and ravens enjoy the first rays of sunshine from a gator hole in the Everglades National Park.
Sep 29, 2004
Season 1Episode 450 min
Bison Before Breakfast
Bison awaken and graze in Yellowstone National Park.
Sep 30, 2004
Season 1Episode 550 min
Sea of Terns
A colony of terns watches the sun rise in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, Massachusetts. This is the second-largest colony of terns on the Atlantic coast, with over 17,000 birds
Oct 1, 2004
Season 1Episode 650 min
Vermont Balloons
Hot air balloons fly over Vermont's Green Mountains.
Oct 4, 2004
Season 1Episode 750 min
Alewive Eternal Return
Alewives make the dangerous trek from the freshwater lakes of New England to the Atlantic Ocean.
Oct 5, 2004
Season 1Episode 850 min
Tropical Palms
Fisherman enjoy daybreak off the coast of Florida.
Oct 6, 2004
Season 1Episode 950 min
Swallow Sea Cave
Sunrise over a sea cave full of young anemones and coralline algae.
Oct 7, 2004
Season 1Episode 1050 min
Yosemite Dawn
Dawn in Yosemite National Park.
Oct 8, 2004
Season 1Episode 1150 min
Cribworks Kayak
Early morning on the Penobscot River in Maine.
Oct 11, 2004
Season 1Episode 1250 min
Sequoia Light
Giant sequoias welcome the sun in Sequoia National Park in California
Oct 12, 2004
Season 1Episode 1350 min
Sunrise Seal Colony
Elephant seals crawl up the beach at California's Point Reyes National Seashore to soak up the first drops of sunshine at this seal colony at Chimney Point, California. Elephant seals play in the water after a hunt, and tule elk wander in a meadow.
Oct 13, 2004
Season 1Episode 1450 min
Lobster Village
Lobster fishermen begin their day in New Harbor, Maine
Oct 14, 2004
Season 1Episode 1550 min
Western Ranch
The Triangle X Ranch in Moose, Wyoming welcomes the new day as horses graze in the pasture and geese pass overhead.
Oct 15, 2004
Season 1Episode 1650 min
Everglades River of Grass
Pahayokee, Everglade National Park, Florida. Savannah-like open sawgrass prairie stretches as far as the eye can see, punctuated by the occasional cypress tree. Beneath the apparent prairie, however, is a wide river flowing at a speed of more than one mile per hour. It's Marjorie Stoneham Douglas' famous "River of Grass." In fact this exact Pahayokee platform was this writer's most frequented Everglade destination. To better observe the workings of the underwater world, we submerge a camera and peer directly into the lives of mosquito fish and the enriching mat-like algae known as periphyton. Insects traverse the razor sharp strands of grass as the weather changes.
Oct 18, 2004
Season 1Episode 1750 min
Wildflower Elk
Watch Tule elk at sunrise in the Tule Elk Preserve in California.
Oct 19, 2004
Season 1Episode 1850 min
Edge of the Atlantic
The sun rises over the incoming waves on the Atlantic coast at Coast Guard Beach at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.
Oct 20, 2004
Season 1Episode 1950 min
Milk Cows in the Morning
Oct 21, 2004
Season 1Episode 2050 min
San Francisco Tai Chi
Oct 22, 2004
Season 1Episode 2150 min
Teton Beaver
Schwabacher's Landing, Moose, Wyoming — The nocturnal beavers have settled into a small tributary under the sheer cirque walls, rugged ridges and jagged peaks of the Teton Range. Their engineering skill has produced an 8-foot high dam and a new pond for those creatures of the day: a great blue heron fishing in the morning mist, ducks with their ducklings, trout, and a goldfinch feeding her chick. We witness these two communities as they pass each other during the crossroad of dawn.
Oct 25, 2004
Season 1Episode 2250 min
Manatee Spring
The Homosassa Spring on the Gulf coast of Florida is home to West Indian manatees.
Oct 26, 2004
Season 1Episode 2350 min
Island First Light
Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine — At 1,532 feet, this is the highest vantage point along the North Atlantic seaboard. During certain times of year, the summit receives the rays of the first rising sun within the United States. The pea, composed of pink granite, is perched above a forest of spruce and pitch pine. Among the granite slabs are tiny sub-alpine plants such as cinquefoil, squat, gnarled trees, wild blueberries and various sized boulders. The view of the Maine archipelago is unsurpassed, with the Cranberry Islands foremost in the southwest.
Oct 27, 2004
Season 1Episode 2450 min
Sunrise East
Eastern U.S. — The sun hits the Atlantic seaboard five hours after the western coast of Europe, and a wide range of habitats begin the shift from the nocturnal to the heat and light of day. We observe the changes, as naturalists, from the sub-tropical ecosystem of the Everglades to the northern lakes of New England, from the very first light atop Cadillac Mountain in Maine to the sabal palms of the Gulf of Mexico. These are great sunrise moments in nearly a dozen morning ecosystems of the East.
Oct 28, 2004
Season 1Episode 2550 min
Sunrise West
Western U.S. — Crossing the North American continent in a scant four hours, dawn settles on the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the coastal ranges and beaches of California before departing the western shore. We witness the geo-dramas of Yellowstone geysers, herds of horses and bison on the open range, the spectacular lighting of the Teton Range. Then in California, we see the massive sequoia, tule elk, a rainbow of wildflowers, the Yosemite Valley, and elephant seals on the beach. These are the great sunrise moments in nearly a dozen morning ecosystems of the west.
Oct 29, 2004
Season 1Episode 2650 min
Katmai Bears
After seven months of hibernation, the world's largest population of brown bears is ready for some sun in the Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. They begin the morning in the meadow, but as the sun rises and the tide goes out, the bears dig for clams in the flats.
Oct 24, 2005
Season 1Episode 2750 min
Volcano Lagoon
Oct 25, 2005
Season 1Episode 2850 min
Homer Takeoff
Fog envelopes Beluga Lake in Homer, Alaska, but dissipates as the sun rises and seaplanes take to the sky.
Oct 26, 2005
Season 1Episode 2950 min
Ninagiak Island
Oct 27, 2005
Season 1Episode 3050 min
Glacier of Kenai Fjords
Perched in the dawn hours along the terminal moraine of Kenai Fjords National Park's largest tidewater glacier are blue icebergs flowing toward the sea. Scattered on the jet-black beach are other bergs broken under the pressure of a four-mile river of ice.
Oct 14, 2005
Season 1Episode 3150 min
Mayan Pyramid
The National Park of Tikal in Guatemala is home to Mayan Pyramids, where howler monkeys, parrots, and toucans welcome the new day.
Jun 19, 2006
Season 1Episode 3250 min
Birds of Palo Verde
A wide variety of birds mingle in the Tempisque Basin of Costa Rica's Palo Verde National Park.
Jun 20, 2006
Season 1Episode 3350 min
Cloudforest Waterfall
La Paz River, Vara Blanca, Costa Rica — 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.
Jun 21, 2006
Season 1Episode 3450 min
Playa Grande Moonset
The moon sinks into the ocean in the Marino Las Baulas National Park in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Jun 22, 2006
Season 1Episode 3550 min
Dawn of Cerro de la Muerte
Jun 23, 2006
Season 1Episode 3650 min
Angkor Temples of Khmer Kings
The temples of Angkor in Cambodia are lit by the rising sun.
Oct 2, 2006
Season 1Episode 3750 min
Li River Cormorants
Trained Cormorants catch fish for fishermen on the Li River near Xingping, China.
Oct 3, 2006
Season 1Episode 3850 min
PingAn Rice Paddies
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.
Oct 4, 2006
Season 1Episode 3950 min
Buddhists of Wat Svay
Siem Reap, China Every culture has its own connection to the natural world at dawn. In Siem Reap, Cambodia, the chants of monks echo from within a Theravada Buddhist monastery, called a "wat." These chants help start the day by focusing the monks' attention. Potential distractions are many. Unlike the cloistered monastic retreats of the west, the Wat Svay compound is at the community hub, at its central cross-road. Yet despite busy human activity, the peaceful influence and presence of the natural world remains near for the focused mind. A vibrant pigeon roost is found on the pagoda's rooftop, amidst ornamental carvings that depict serpent figures called "nagas," protectors from the earth. School children wander among the votive "stupas," maintaining the grounds. And as the monks honor their lineage of spiritual teachers, a spectacular rainbow reveals itself high over the temple. One last little know fact…a rainbow at sunrise will always have a steeper arc than any rainbow that happens near mid-day.
Oct 5, 2006
Season 1Episode 4050 min
Elephant Trunk Park
Morning exercises similar to Tai Chi in Elephant Trunk Park in Guilin, China.
Oct 6, 2006
Season 1Episode 4150 min
Scandinavian Waterfall
A new day comes to Gullfoss, Iceland.
Sunrise: Nature's alarm clock for the land, the sea, and the myriad of creatures who call our planet home. Accompany us on a tranquil journey into the landscape itself as we enjoy the sights and the ambient sounds associated with the first light of a new day.
Dec 19, 2006
Season 1Episode 4250 min
Foothills of Turkey
The sun casts its light on a farming village in Aspendos, Turkey.
Dec 18, 2006
Season 1Episode 4350 min
Stonehenge Dawn
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.
Dec 20, 2006
Season 1Episode 4450 min
Mediterranean Port
The sun rises on a port in Antalya, Turkey and the lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt.
Dec 21, 2006
Season 1Episode 4550 min
Icelandic Geysir
A geyser in Iceland is shown in the first morning sunlight.
Dec 22, 2006
Season 1Episode 4650 min
Argentinean Seal Pups
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.
Feb 12, 2007
Season 1Episode 4750 min
Peruvian Rainforest Canopy
Tambopata, Peru Two hundred feet high in the canopy of Peruvian rainforest, a pink and distant light encroaches. The dense forest holds the dawn air. Birds sing alone, together - a purple-throated cotinga, then a distant flycatcher. Butterflies gather nectar. The high canopy teems with insects - oblivious as the sun ascends. Rosy light splashes the sky. The sun pushes its way into the forest. A blue-headed parrot busies herself collecting twigs for her nest. A cobalt-winged parakeet pulls at the white seed masses of a kapok tree - feeding and pollinating at the same time. As the sun rises overhead, we slowly descend into the tangled under story. Orchids and epiphytes bob in the moist air. Complex partnerships between insects, birds and plants play out amongst an eden of species. Aricaris - brown mandibled and curl-crested toucans - chase insects. Descending farther, we land on the forest floor amongst broad-leaved plants and a nation of insects - lines of foraging ants, wandering ground beetles, a jumping spider. The fervent life of the rainforest is revealed in a slow drift downwards to the forest floor.
Feb 13, 2007
Season 1Episode 4850 min
Andean Dawn at Machu Picchu
The center of the Incan empire, Machu Picchu in Peru, is shown as the sun rises on this city high in the Andes Mountains
Feb 14, 2007
Season 1Episode 4950 min
Amazon Parakeets
Feb 15, 2007
Season 1Episode 5050 min
Patagonian Penguins
The largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world welcomes a new day near Punta Tomba, Argentina.
Feb 16, 2007
Season 1Episode 5150 min
Christmas Lights
A holiday-themed show featuring the last hours of sunlight, instead of the first. Locations across the United States are highlighted, from New York to Alaska.
Dec 25, 2007
Season 1Episode 5250 min
Total Eclipse
The life-cycle of a solar eclipse and how it affects the world below.
Jun 25, 2006
Season 1Episode 5350 min
Polar Bears
Polar bears congregate in Cape Churchill, Manitoba in Canada.
Dec 26, 2006
Season 1Episode 5450 min
Secrets of the Sun
Scientists are interviewed as an examination of the sun and its impact on the Earth and its inhabitants.
Apr 11, 2010
Season 1Episode 5550 min
The Skelligs of Ireland
Dec 28, 2007
Season 1Episode 5650 min
Great Barrier Reef
Jan 20, 2009
Season 1Episode 5750 min
Haleakala Crater
Jan 21, 2009
Season 1Episode 5850 min
Society Island Sunrise
Jan 22, 2009
Season 1Episode 5950 min
New Zealand Frost
Jan 23, 2009
Season 1Episode 6050 min
Japanese Garden
Sep 9, 2008
Season 1Episode 6150 min
High Desert Arches
Sep 10, 2008
Season 1Episode 6250 min
Midnight Sun of Svalbard
Sep 11, 2008
Season 1Episode 6350 min
Vancouver Inside Passage
Sep 12, 2008
Season 1Episode 6450 min
Venetian Canals
Sep 8, 2008
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