
24 Hours on Earth
- Year:
- 2014
- 48 min
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The sun.
for life on Earth.
A player in almost every drama
that unfolds across our planet.
Hour by hour,
its exact position is critical.
For some, it brings moments
of enormous opportunity.
For others, it can spell disaster.
All over the world,
animals' lives are governed
by the sun's journey
through the sky.
How they respond can make
the difference between success
and failure,
life or death.
This is just an ordinary day
on our extraordinary planet.
It's dawn.
The sun hasn't arrived yet,
but its power will soon be felt,
and the world is waking.
HOOTING:
The day starts with a love song.
HOOTING:
HOOTING:
Lar gibbons.
With each note, they renew their bond
after the long night,
this patch of forest is theirs.
They've discovered that the hour
before sunrise is the perfect time
for their duet...
HOOTING:
..because sound travels furthest
in cool air.
And at dawn, a warm layer
sits above the cool air,
reflecting and amplifying every note.
It's the best time of the day
to be heard,
and the gibbons aren't the only ones
making the most of it.
BIRD SQUAWKS:
BIRDS CALL:
All over the planet, nature's
dawn chorus heralds the moment
the world's been waiting for.
SCREECHING:
PENGUINS TRUMPE Our star,
a burning giant,
reappears above the horizon.
Its rays, travelling at over
180,000 miles per second...
..flick the switch
and the world is flooded with light.
This meerkat family is up early
to greet the sunrise.
THEY CHIRRUP:
It's not high enough
to warm them up just yet...
..and they're finding it
difficult to get going.
But unbeknown to them,
the early light
is having an extraordinary effect
inside their bodies.
Sunlight triggers the brain
to shut off drowsy hormones,
replacing them with
waves of energising ones,
kick-starting their metabolism
and preparing them for the day ahead.
Suddenly, they're wide awake.
Time to find breakfast.
All over the world, the rising sun
forcing animals into action.
For the last eight months,
South Africa's rocky shoreline
has been a nursery
for this young Cape fur seal.
He, too, is hungry,
but the need to fuel his body
is about to get him into trouble.
Each morning, with the rising sun,
the current moving past the mouth
of the bay brings rich pickings.
But with opportunity comes danger.
A killer patrols these waters...
..waiting for inexperienced pups
to take the plunge.
the great whites are out there,
but by midday, the biggest
fish shoals will be out of range.
The pups' best chance is to
fall in with a convoy of adults.
Experienced seals
are notoriously hard to catch.
But in the first two hours
of the day,
the great white has a better chance,
thanks to an ally.
The sun itself.
The early-morning light
is strong enough
to silhouette the pup from below.
But the slanting rays
can't penetrate the depths.
The shark can see the pup,
but the pup can't see the shark.
This time, the pup is just small
and speedy enough to slip through
the shark's jaws.
Away from the coastline, he's safe.
And as the sun rises higher,
illuminating the shadowy depths,
the shark's
window of opportunity closes.
At least, until tomorrow.
As the sun climbs higher in the sky,
its character is changing.
For the first time in the day,
it's not just sensed as light,
but as radiant heat.
BIRDS CHIRP:
Clusters of Monarch butterflies
huddle close together
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