Sunrise Earth
September 2, 2016 2:12 PM Subscribe
Sunrise Earth was a TV series which focused, for nearly an hour, on a specific location at sunrise. As with Slow TV, there was no narration obscuring the sounds of nature. Locations included New Zealand, Everglades National Park, a waterfall in Scandinavia, Ninagiak Island, Cape Cod, and Venice.
Other locations/episodes include:
* Argentina (seal pups).
* La Paz waterfall gardens nature park.
* Antalya Harbour, Turkey.
* Vermont (balloons).
* Baía Formosa, Brazil (eclipse).
* Katmai National Park, Alaska (bears).
* Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (geysers).
* Tambopata, Peru (rainforest canopy).
* Acadia National Park, Maine.
* Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (beavers).
Previously mentioned: [1] [2] [3]
Other locations/episodes include:
* Argentina (seal pups).
* La Paz waterfall gardens nature park.
* Antalya Harbour, Turkey.
* Vermont (balloons).
* Baía Formosa, Brazil (eclipse).
* Katmai National Park, Alaska (bears).
* Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (geysers).
* Tambopata, Peru (rainforest canopy).
* Acadia National Park, Maine.
* Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (beavers).
Previously mentioned: [1] [2] [3]
a waterfall in Scandinavia
That's a bit of a buried lede: it's specifically Gullfoss, Iceland.
posted by Quasirandom at 3:24 PM on September 2, 2016
That's a bit of a buried lede: it's specifically Gullfoss, Iceland.
posted by Quasirandom at 3:24 PM on September 2, 2016
The "Scandinavian" waterfall is in Iceland, an island which is over 1400 kilometers from the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Yes, I know that Iceland and Finland are so often called Scandinavian countries in English that it's practically canonical by now, but it's a bit like refering to Ireland as being part of "Britain".
Watch that video, incidentally, Gullfoss is a really pretty place at any time of day or year.
posted by Kattullus at 3:26 PM on September 2, 2016
Yes, I know that Iceland and Finland are so often called Scandinavian countries in English that it's practically canonical by now, but it's a bit like refering to Ireland as being part of "Britain".
Watch that video, incidentally, Gullfoss is a really pretty place at any time of day or year.
posted by Kattullus at 3:26 PM on September 2, 2016
Fair enough; I forgot to go back to that and a few other links and expand a bit more on the detail as shown just inside the video. Thanks for the more specific location.
posted by Wordshore at 3:30 PM on September 2, 2016
posted by Wordshore at 3:30 PM on September 2, 2016
IIRC when this was originally released it was one of the few pieces of HD content on TV so you'd check them out when you got an HDTV.
posted by bitdamaged at 3:41 PM on September 2, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by bitdamaged at 3:41 PM on September 2, 2016 [4 favorites]
Is the little blurb that shows up at 40:26 in the Iceland video a) true and b) put there by the video uploader, or was it original to the series?
posted by nat at 4:37 PM on September 2, 2016
posted by nat at 4:37 PM on September 2, 2016
My cat loves the Everglades one. For obvious reasons.
posted by fiercekitten at 4:51 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by fiercekitten at 4:51 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Probably one of my favorite shows when I got my new "tube" HDTV in the mid-2000's. Back in the glory days of HDTV when it was still so new that media companies had to go out of their way to make HD content. Now I'm holding my breath for Sunrise Earth 4K.
posted by kfkcam at 7:20 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by kfkcam at 7:20 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
It it OK to self-link to sunrise from my bedroom window here?
posted by quinndexter at 8:28 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by quinndexter at 8:28 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Argentina's sunrise was very much enjoyed at my work today, thanks!
posted by chapps at 11:17 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by chapps at 11:17 PM on September 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Nice. Thanks for posting.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 2:15 AM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by GallonOfAlan at 2:15 AM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
nat: Is the little blurb that shows up at 40:26 in the Iceland video a) true and b) put there by the video uploader, or was it original to the series?
Well, it's attested in at least collection of folk tales. But that only means that some children long ago in a region of Iceland were told that. As a child I was never told not to use raven feathers as drinking straws. Not that I did. Or anyone else. The subject never came up, honestly.
posted by Kattullus at 1:05 PM on September 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
Well, it's attested in at least collection of folk tales. But that only means that some children long ago in a region of Iceland were told that. As a child I was never told not to use raven feathers as drinking straws. Not that I did. Or anyone else. The subject never came up, honestly.
posted by Kattullus at 1:05 PM on September 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
love this.
posted by TMezz at 3:11 PM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by TMezz at 3:11 PM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
There was a period of time around 2007-2008 where I was freelance/underemployed and would start my day watching Sunrise Earth with my coffee. It's a nice peaceful program and I miss starting my day that way.
posted by Fleebnork at 3:29 PM on September 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Fleebnork at 3:29 PM on September 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
Wow this is great stuff. I really enjoy playing this slow TV content in the background as I go about my day but these natural scenes make me wish for a much larger high definition television to play them on!
posted by The Correspondent on the Continent at 2:58 AM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by The Correspondent on the Continent at 2:58 AM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
The bit about the waterfall in Iceland and not Scandinavia suddenly reminded of this brief clip from Screaming Masterpiece.
posted by Wordshore at 5:09 AM on September 10, 2016
posted by Wordshore at 5:09 AM on September 10, 2016
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