Wednesday 24 Sep 2014
Nature's Great Events TV firsts include:
Aerial footage of the amazing migration of the mysterious Arctic narwhal whale, with its unicorn-like tusk
High definition footage of polar bears feeding on seals, struggling to survive as they hunt in broken ice and fall through
The sardine run filmed with three crews in full high definition – underwater, aerial and on the surface
Pioneering the boat stabilising mount to film the sardine run – previously only used in Hollywood feature films
A shoal of sardines 15 miles long surrounded by thousands of sharks; 10,000 gannets raining down on a shoal of fish and a super-pod of 5,000 common dolphins – all filmed using the high definition helicopter mount
Cape fur seals coming ashore to snatch gannet chicks from their colony
The eruption of the Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano in the Serengeti – the first eruption since 1967 – filmed in HD from the ground and the air
Revealing the epic scale of the wildebeest migration from the air
Grizzly bear families emerging from their dens, in snowy Alaska, filmed with gyro-stabilised cameras mounted on helicopters
A pack of wolves attacking an adult grizzly bear in North America
High speed cameras film grizzly bears chasing down salmon in shallow water, showing their power and grace
Underwater footage of bears catching salmon using their feet – filmed by producer Jeff Turner, who swam among them
High speed cameras filming up to 2,000 frames per second reveal how salmon leap over three metres through the air to clear waterfalls
Film of the Okavango Delta flood at every level – from macro to aerial photography
A young elephant attacked and killed by a pride of lions in broad daylight
Elephants using their trunks to siphon water from the top of dirty pools
Underwater crew capture humpback whales engulfing a whole herring bait ball in one giant gulp
A pod of killer whales attacking and killing a huge male sea lion
Bubble netting by humpback whales filmed from the air and on the surface, together with incredible sound to illustrate the co-operative fishing behaviour of these few select whales.
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Â© 2014 The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.