A ground breaking series using HD photography and unique, specially developed filming techniques, Planet Earth takes you to places you have never seen before, to experience sights and sounds you may never experience again.
This episode looks at our planet as a whole and considers the key factors that have shaped its natural history such as the sun, the oceans and the rain. For more than three years, BBC cameras recorded in time-lapse the fantastic annual transformation created by floods across the world. In the oceans, Planet Earth slows down the leap of a great white shark as it captures a seal. One second of high-octane action is slowed down 40 times to reveal for the first time the power and technique of the ocean’s master predator.
RUNNING TIME - 11:45
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PHOTOGRAPHY © Fred Olivier
