After a long drought in the desert, a sweet rain, the desolate surface like Mars suddenly miraculously glowed with vitality. Seeds that may have been silent for thirty years are sprouting, and dazzling flowers are all over the valley. Within a few days, they grow, bloom, wither, and die, completing a cycle. The seeds continue to be buried, waiting for the next life to bloom, but I don't know what year and month it will be.
Sichuan, China, the habitat of giant pandas, the super-long shot after editing, from the harsh winter, the white snow is melting, to the spring and autumn, the flowers are blooming and falling, the rhododendrons all over the mountains and the wild cherry blossoms, within two minutes, the vicissitudes of life.
Flat-topped plateau in Venezuela, "The Lost World" by Conan Doyle. The waterfall with the largest drop in the world flows down from the top of the peak, and suddenly drops nearly a thousand meters. The water mist turns into a gorgeous rainbow under the sun. In such rapids, there are actually many animals living. In order to survive, in the struggle against the power of the current, they each show their magic powers.
The Chilean coast has no rain all year round. But just relying on the water vapor brought by the clouds and mists, brought the miracle of life to the desert. The cacti bloom beautifully at night, and the nectar becomes a delicious meal for migrating birds along the way. No matter what the harsh environment is, with only a little possibility, life will naturally find a way out.
The number of migratory birds is large enough to cover the sky, reminiscent of the moving lines in the ending song of "Migrating Birds": Over the shifting desert plains, across mountains all in flames. Through howling winds and driving rains, to be by your side.
Flying over the Himalayas is the only way for the annual migration of the phoenix cranes. Facing the highest mountain in the world, facing the strong wind blowing at any time, facing the predatory golden eagle, and facing the challenge between life and death, the Minoan Crane endured the cold and hunger, spread its wings one by one, and climbed from the majestic stretch. Skies over the snow-capped mountains, to the warm winter home.
The snow leopards living in the K2 area are always hard to find, and the film crews hid and waited for three months, and finally saw them appear in the barren and dangerous mountains. Walking, jumping, hunting, every move is so graceful and moving, it is the most beautiful scenery in the wilderness.
The blue whale, which travels back and forth between the two poles of the earth every year, travels through the dark blue sea, throwing bursts of white waves. Although the number has dropped sharply to less than 10,000 due to human hunting, the world's largest animal is still traversing the vast ocean, floating and sinking like a dragon.
A ten-hour arduous journey through a narrow cave reveals what may be the most beautiful cave landscape in the world. The "lighting" hall of the Agave Cave, the wonderful strokes of nature and time, turned the stone into a cluster of sparkling flowers, and the extremophile bacteria spread all over the rock wall, ignoring the universal law that life cannot be separated from the existence of the sun , the light emitted is like a little cold star in the universe.
Hundreds of emperor penguins huddle together to withstand the freezing temperatures below minus 40 degrees Celsius and the blizzard with a speed of more than 30 meters per second with mutual body temperature, ensuring that the eggs under their bodies can survive the longest dark night in the world. When the first ray of sunshine of the new year falls, and the female penguins gradually appear on the horizon, the fire of hope for life is rekindled.
In the quiet night of Madagascar, the situation changes and the rainy season comes. Moisturized by the rain, the top of the towering baobab tree was instantly filled with flowers as long as a foot like magic. The nectar becomes a delicious nectar for lemurs and hawk moths, and predators in turn become pollinators. The magical performance of the natural ecological chain is so harmonious.
Seventeen years of waiting underground, a month of life under the sun, thousands of seventeen-year-old cicadas emerged, bringing nutrients and food to the forest and the creatures in the forest, and died after planting hope. It will take another seventeen years to hear them chirping on the branches.
A volcano or an undercurrent can bring infinite life to the deep ocean without a shred of sunlight reaching it. Colorful corals, sponges, nautilus, octopus, life is still wonderful in this corner that seems to be forgotten by the world.
In the film, such scenes abound. More than five years of shooting, condensed into a beautiful world in front of ten hours of camera, the producer tells the story of the earth with heart. From the North Pole to the South Pole, let you feel the pulse of the earth in a variety of natural environments such as freshwater, deserts, mountains, caves, ice fields, grasslands, forests, jungles, and oceans.
I have seen someone ask, if you recommend three Chinese movies to a foreigner, what would your choice be. The answer to this question is of course a matter of opinion. But if a new alien friend wants to learn about Earth through video recording, Planet Earth should be among them. And as people on earth, how can we miss such a wonderful pulse of the earth?
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