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Colourful Planet

Earth from Space Series 1
Episode 3 of 4

From space, Earth is a kaleidoscope. Turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and mysterious green lights appear in the ocean.

We think of the Earth as a blue planet, but satellite cameras reveal it to be a kaleidoscope. The astonishing colours of the aurora are towering vertical streaks, hundreds of kilometres high, phytoplankton blooms turn the ocean into works of art, triggering a feeding frenzy, and for a few weeks a year China's Yunnan province is carpeted in yellow as millions of rapeseed flowers bloom.

This is our home, as we鈥檝e never seen it before.

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58 minutes

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Thu 7 Dec 2023 02:20
主播大秀 Four

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    Pieter de Graaf

    Rise and Shine

Credits

Narrator Chiwetel Ejiofor
Executive Producer Jo Shinner
Series Producer Chloe Sarosh
Producer Justin Anderson

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