If you're going to #GlastonburyFestival - and don't mind mixing your music with a bit of science-themed music, comedy, chat demos and more, then you won't want to miss our Laboratory Stage lineup at Science Futures 🧪🥼🧠@robinince.bsky.social #BBCNHU
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Still from “Seven Worlds, One Planet” episode 5: “Europe” by the BBC Natural History Unit. The view is of a vast cave with two tiny human figures in red within light colored stalagmites and stalactites.
Kicking off the weekend with “Seven Worlds, One Planet,”episode 5: “Europe” #bbcnhu #bbc #bluray
Still on a tv screen from “Earthflight” episode 1, North America. The shot is from a camera mounted onto the back of a bald eagle who is flying over Grand Canyon.
Still on a tv screen from “Earthflight” episode 1, North America. It’s a very close view of two magnificent looking snow goose against blue sky and white clouds.
Still on a tv screen from “Earthflight” episode 1, North America. The view is of the wing of the snow goose that the camera is mounted on, and four other snow geese flying in adjacent formation. The sky is blue, with white clouds, snow on the ground and in the distance a few trees without vegetation.
Earthflight blew me away during its U.S. broadcast in ‘13. That and Africa were two #BBC Natural History Unit series that redefined the game that year. Thrilling stuff.
The blu-rays arrived today; previously I’ve only seen 720p files, so I’m excited for this first rewatch in quite a while! #BBCNHU
Still from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds.” A still showing a close-up of a sprouting little tristerix seed, which a fruit-eating hummingbird just defecated onto a hedgehog cactus. A tibular, red probe extents out of the seed (an elongated sphere the color of mucous) resting on a cactus spine. It will reach around to try to latch onto the cactus’s skin. After nightfall the cactus’s pores open and it can enter and live off the water inside. After a year, it blooms into a red flower whose fruit is a type of mistletoe. Hummingbirds drink nectar from it.
Still from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds.” A still showing a close-up of a sprouting little tristerix seed, which a fruit-eating hummingbird just defecated onto a hedgehog cactus. A tibular, red probe extents out of the seed (an elongated sphere the color of mucous) resting on a cactus spine. It will reach around to try to latch onto the cactus’s skin. After nightfall the cactus’s pores open and it can enter and live off the water inside.
Still from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds.” After a year, it blooms into a red flower whose fruit is a type of mistletoe. Hummingbirds drink nectar from it.
—which is also surely some of the best looking HD video out there at the consumer level, period— is telling familiar stories in new ways and still packing surprises every episode.
I just love it so much!
(Be sure to check out the alt text btw)
#bbcnhu #bbc #bbcearth #bbcnaturalhistoryunit
One of a series of stills from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds” depicting the life cycle of Stapelia hirsuta, aka the starfish flower. It begins as green husks the size of tennis balls, opens up into a beautiful, deep-pink flower that looks like a starfish. It has hair and the appearance of wrinkly skin, and emits a smell like a dead animal, which attracts blow flies looking for carrion. They get pollen stuck on their mouths that only comes dislodged upon another starfish flower.
One of a series of stills from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds” depicting the life cycle of Stapelia hirsuta, aka the starfish flower. It begins as green husks the size of tennis balls, opens up into a beautiful, deep-pink flower that looks like a starfish. It has hair and the appearance of wrinkly skin, and emits a smell like a dead animal, which attracts blow flies looking for carrion. They get pollen stuck on their mouths that only comes dislodged upon another starfish flower.
One of a series of stills from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds” depicting the life cycle of Stapelia hirsuta, aka the starfish flower. It begins as green husks the size of tennis balls, opens up into a beautiful, deep-pink flower that looks like a starfish. It has hair and the appearance of wrinkly skin, and emits a smell like a dead animal, which attracts blow flies looking for carrion. They get pollen stuck on their mouths that only comes dislodged upon another starfish flower.
One of a series of stills from The Green Planet, Episode 4: “Desert Worlds” depicting the life cycle of Stapelia hirsuta, aka the starfish flower. It begins as green husks the size of tennis balls, opens up into a beautiful, deep-pink flower that looks like a starfish. It has hair and the appearance of wrinkly skin, and emits a smell like a dead animal, which attracts blow flies looking for carrion. They get pollen stuck on their mouths that only comes dislodged upon another starfish flower.
After watching the original broadcast in July 22, I’m now doing my first rewatch of The Green Planet, via HDR blu-ray. I’m pleasantly reminded that they really did it: a BBC Natural History Unit landmark series about plants that is not just beautiful but genuinely exciting. #bbc #documentary #bbcnhu
I bumped into Tony Soper on a channel ferry many, many years ago... A really nice bloke.
He was a virtual Plymothian... and set the scene for David Attenborough
Strange they should mention Peter Scott. I met him too, where you wouldn't expect it.
#TonySoper #BBCtv #BBCBristol #BBCNHU #synchronicity
