大裂谷:美丽的非洲心脏
【内容简介】   东非大裂谷自红海至赞比西河口,连绵三千里,从太空都能看到。这里是多姿多彩的地方,有喷发的火山、覆盖着森林的高山、美丽的峡谷、广袤的草原、巨大的平湖和河流,是鳄鱼、河马、狮子、大象、火烈鸟和非洲人的家园。BBC采用最新的高清摄影技术,探讨了形式东非大裂谷的地质力量,展现世界上野生动物品种最多的地貌。   Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It's a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples.   Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift, and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes.   Part 1: Fire   The valley is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa's most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolved surprising survival strategies to cope with their challenging mountain environment.   Part 2: Water   The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - spanning from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbour previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift's waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish in all Africa.   Part 3: Grass   The Great Rift Valley provides the stage for an epic battle between trees and grass - its course influenced by volcanic eruptions, landscape and rainfall. On its outcome rests the fate of Africa's great game herds. In the Rift's savannas, grazers and their predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing one group of primates to develop a social system that paved the way for the evolution of mankind.
北极熊:冰上侦探
这部名为《北极熊:冰上侦探(Polar Bear: Spy On The Ice)》的纪录片将于29日在英国BBC1电视台播放。   北京时间12月28日消息,野生动物纪录片拍摄人员往往需要绞尽脑汁,不断增加拍摄方法的隐秘性,才能悄悄潜入到他们想要拍摄的动物世界里,窥探它们的一举一动,但是不要认为这些动物都很愚笨,下面的图片就是很好的证明。   获奖导演约翰·唐纳最近把他的遥控间谍相机装扮成一个大雪球,用来追踪一只北极熊母亲带着它的小幼仔穿过挪威斯瓦尔巴特群岛的海冰,寻找海豹的过程。但没想到的是,这种伪装并没能骗过附近的一只成年雄性北极熊的眼睛。它快速追上移动照相机,用大而有力的爪子对眼前的“雪球”进行一番摸索,让唐纳和他的制片人拍了一些特写后,很快把相机砸得粉碎。   但它并没就此罢休,它想都没想,又开始追赶唐纳的另一个价值10万英镑(15.45万美元)的暴风雪相机。这个相机上带有轮子,可以遥控操作,尽管吃了一惊的纪录片拍摄者设法遥控这个昂贵的设备逃跑,但是被激怒的北极熊一直穷追不舍,最后这只体重超过半吨的北极熊把第二个相机也砸得粉碎。   不过幸运的是,唐纳还有另一个相机,它记录了摄影设备遭袭的整个过程。北极熊毁掉两个相机后,慢慢变得平静下来。唐纳说:“好奇心得到满足后,这些动物开始表现正常起来。最终我们的间谍相机显示,北极熊的‘智慧和好奇心’是它们在海冰不断缩小的情况下继续幸存下来的关键。”
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