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# Fly me to the moon
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# Let me play
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# Among the stars... #
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Our fascination with the moon
has never been greater.
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SHE SQUEALS
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Across Britain, people turn out
in droves to capture its magic.
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Millions of us share
our pictures of it,
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and today,
stunning, detailed imagery
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is revealing the moon
as never before.
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Now we are going to unlock
the secrets
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of the moon's monthly life cycle.
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# Fill my heart with song... #
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From waxing moons to waning moons,
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full moons to supermoons...
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# You are all I long for... #
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..we'll see how the power of the
moon shapes life on Earth...
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LION ROARS
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..explore its mysterious
dark side...
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..and discover how the moon's
journey around our planet
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can sometimes deliver one of
Nature's most awe-inspiring sights -
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a total solar eclipse.
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ALL CHEER
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And at the end of a period
of intense lunar activity,
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we will find out just
why supermoons are special.
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# I love... #
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You'll never gaze at the moon
in the same way again.
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# ..You! #
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The full moon appears
in our night sky every 29.5 days.
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That's the time it takes
to travel around our planet.
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But, sometimes, when you look up,
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you see something
quite extraordinary -
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a full moon that looks bigger
and shines brighter.
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It's a supermoon.
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And in just 12 weeks,
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a trio of dazzling supermoons
has lit up our night sky...
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..turning us all into moon-gazers.
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To understand why
we have supermoons,
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or any of the wonders of the moon,
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we are going to follow the moon on
its epic journey around our planet.
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We begin somewhere
rather unexpected -
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in Coventry Cathedral...
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..where something
remarkable has been created.
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An exact replica of the moon,
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showing every crevice and crater,
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just half a million times smaller.
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ALL MURMUR
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This touring artwork
has captured the imagination
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of the British public.
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More than 100,000 people
have flocked to see it.
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MURMURING
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It's very beautiful.
You almost feel like you're there.
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It doesn't just put smiles on faces,
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it can also show why the moon
looks the way it does at night.
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From Earth,
we can see the moon above us
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because, just like our planet,
it's lit by the sun.
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As it journeys around us,
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our view of the side
that is lit by the sun changes.
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So we gradually see less and less
of this waning moon from Earth.
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Once the moon's between
us and the sun,
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we can't see any of the side
that's lit
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and it seems to disappear.
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When the moon re-emerges,
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the side that is lit becomes visible
again in the shape of a crescent.
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This is a waxing moon
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that appears to grow
as the moon continues around us.
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And it finally ends its
monthly journey
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as the familiar face
of the full moon.
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MUSIC: It's Only A Paper Moon
by Ella Fitzgerald
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# Say it's only a paper moon... #
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The full moon appears in our night
sky as regular as clockwork
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and offers some
an opportunity to play.
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# ..if you believed in me
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# Yes, it's only a canvas sky... #
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But when a supermoon
is on the cards...
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..moon-gazers will go to the
ends of the Earth to see it.
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# ..if you believed in me. #
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It's 3rd December, 2017,
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and the first of our current
trio of supermoons
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is due to make an appearance
in the night sky.
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One of the best places in the world,
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where a good view of it
is virtually guaranteed, is here -
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the Roque de los Muchachos
in the Canary Islands.
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At 2,500 metres,
the peak is usually above the clouds
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which makes it a perfect spot
for astronomers...
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..and it's where mountain biker
Jordi Bago is headed.
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It will be a really long climb.
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I will have to put
in a lot of effort
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because it is really high,
the mountain.
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It's going to be cold.
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We're going to cross some
of the big, deep clouds on the way.
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It's a tough ride to the top...
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..but Jordi makes it just in time.
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At 6.30 on the dot,
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the curtain goes up.
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MUSIC: Supermoon by KD Lang
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# Supermoon
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# Where all the diamond deals
are made... #
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At first, coloured
and distorted by Earth's atmosphere,
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the moon is barely recognisable.
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# ..Move along
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# And if my smile... #
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When I see the moon rising,
over the clouds,
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it's amazing, the feeling, because
I never saw a moon like this.
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It was so intense, like fire.
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# Would you like
to start a river? #
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As the supermoon clears the clouds,
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it's revealed in all its glory.
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# Our life savings aren't enough
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# Have to lobby hard
and make it... #
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The spectacle is enough to bring
astronomers out
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from their observatories.
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There's something about the moon,
isn't there?
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I mean, it inspired
the initial astronomy,
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that initial curiosity
to study the universe.
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I mean, well, without the moon,
we wouldn't really have telescopes.
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If you see a supermoon,
definitely take that opportunity
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to go outside and check it out.
It's really beautiful.
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The reason the supermoon looks
bigger and brighter
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is because it's closer
to Earth than usual.
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At its furthest, the moon
is over 400,000 kilometres away.
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But a supermoon can be some
50,000 kilometres nearer
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and shine almost a third brighter.
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Being up here in the mountain
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makes me feel that I'm closer to the
moon and I see it really big.
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I never had that feeling that the
moon could be so close to me.
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It was amazing, because I never
see something like that in my life
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and I think
I will never forget that.
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The moon is sometimes closer to us
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because its path around our planet
isn't circular.
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It's oval...
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..and that path changes slightly
from month to month.
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ALL MURMUR
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But it's when the moon
is at its closest
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and coincides with a full moon
that we have a supermoon.
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Today we can predict
the arrival of the full moon
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and even a supermoon
with pinpoint accuracy.
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But for centuries,
people looked up at the moon
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and wondered just what it was that
was lighting up their night skies.
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There's definitely stories
about the moon in all cultures -
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the Maoris, Indians, Chinese...
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And I think the moon
is one of those unifying symbols
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across the planet,
just because it's so easy to see.
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CLANKING
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Astronomers at
the Royal Observatory in London
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have been looking up at the moon
for more than 300 years
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with increasingly large telescopes.
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But Dr Sheila Kanani is
just as fascinated
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by the fables as the facts.
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SHUTTER CLICKS
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What we can see here is our familiar
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crescent phasing into a full moon.
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And when the moon becomes full,
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you can see all sorts of
different features.
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Here you can see
the man on the moon -
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the eyes...
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the nose...
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and the mouth.
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In Britain, many thought
the man on the moon had
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the bloated face of a heavy drinker.
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And that's one of the reasons
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so many pubs are named after
the moon.
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But early astronomers
believed that the moon was a world
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just like our own.
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Thinking the dark patches were
seas, they gave each its own name.
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The left eye, as we're looking at
it, is the Sea of Serenity.
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It's about 700km across.
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It turns out that those
seas are actually
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the remains of volcanic eruptions
on the surface of the moon.
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But these same features can mean
different things
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to different people.
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Other cultures see
different features on the moon.
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So, for example, Chinese cultures
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see a rabbit, and the two ears
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are on the right-hand side
of the moon as we look at it,
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with the body of the rabbit curling
round the face of the full moon.
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And that rabbit is said to be
grinding the elixir of life.
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The elixir is said to be
a magical potion that makes
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a goddess of the moon immortal.
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We now know the moon is home
to neither man nor rabbit,
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but is thought to be rock that
broke off from Earth
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and other space debris from a
cosmic collision
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more than four billion years ago.
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It's been our
constant companion ever since.
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The moon, particularly
the full moon for me,
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makes me feel like I'm not alone,
because it's always there,
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like a companion in the sky,
looking down on me.
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Few things match the stunning
beauty of rolling countryside
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lit by a dazzling full moon.
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But for our ancestors,
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it had a rather
more practical purpose.
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During the harvest,
the brightly-lit nights around
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the full moon gave farmers
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extra time to gather in their crops.
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And even today, in some cultures,
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the arrival of this
harvest full moon
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is as eagerly awaited as Christmas.
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It's October, and in Hong Kong
the rush hour has come early.
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Tonight sees the arrival
of the full harvest moon...
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..and the beginning
of a national holiday.
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CHEERING
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In the old neighbourhood
of Tai Hang,
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20,000 incense sticks are
bringing a fire dragon to life.
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Almost 70m long,
it leads an annual parade
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through the streets to mark
this Mid-Autumn Festival...
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..but the real star of this festival
is the harvest moon itself.
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BOAT BLOWS HORN
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Down at the harbour, people are
gathering, waiting to see
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the full moon when and if it
appears from behind the clouds.
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For astronomer Patrick Lao...
You want to see, yeah?
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..the Mid-Autumn Festival is
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a heaven-sent opportunity to
share his passion for the moon.
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When I look at the moon, I feel
very happy, and I also want other
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people to see the moon
through a telescope
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and feel my happiness.
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HE LAUGHS
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HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
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Others have gathered on the beaches.
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WOMAN: I think we are very lucky
today. CHILDREN: Yeah.
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I really think we might
just see the moon.
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Traditionally
the festival is a time
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when families get together
under the light of the moon.
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ALL: Wow!
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It's so bright!
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In the Mid-Autumn Festival
we have the full moon,
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and full means round
in Chinese language.
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Round can make up a phrase called
tuan yuan, which means unite, or...
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Did you see the moon?
It's beautiful.
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THEY CHATTER
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GIRL: It's so round and bright.
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So it's a time for people to
celebrate the love of the family.
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The star of the show is still
to put in an appearance.
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And as the minutes tick by,
the tension mounts.
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HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
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HE LAUGHS
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But at last, patience is rewarded.
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SHE SCREAMS
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PATRICK LAUGHS
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HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
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The moon's appearance
has made the festival complete.
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The crowds will be back in
exactly 12 full moons from now
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to try and see it again.
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The regularity with which
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the full moon appears makes it
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a perfect way to measure
the passage of time.
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In fact, the word month
originally comes from moon.
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And many celebrations,
such as Easter and Passover,
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are based on this lunar calendar.
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But it's not just humans
that use the full moon
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to synchronise their activities.
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The same thing happens
in the natural world -
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nowhere more so than amongst
one of the world's largest
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living organisms,
Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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It's springtime in
the Southern Hemisphere.
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Beneath the ocean surface,
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nature's greatest mass breeding
event is about to take place.
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Each of these corals is home to
thousands of tiny creatures...
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..and they have evolved an ingenious
way to reproduce, using moonlight.
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On a few special nights of the year,
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around the full moon,
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when the water temperature
is just right,
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the corals release
their eggs and sperm...
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..all at once.
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They only live for a few hours,
so releasing them
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into this blizzard gives the eggs
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the best chance of being fertilised.
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The exact details of what triggers
this mass release
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remains something of a mystery.
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But it seems that corals can detect
the intensity of light,
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and use the dazzling light
around a full moon
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to time their reproduction
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to perfection.
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CHILDREN GASP
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# I see a bad moon a-rising
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# I see trouble on the way... #
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For centuries, the full moon
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conjured images of danger
and savagery.
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THEY ROAR AND LAUGH
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SHE HOWLS
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Myth has it that the werewolf
shape-shifts
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under the light of the full moon.
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Not to mention moon madness -
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the word lunacy comes from Luna,
the Greek word for the moon.
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None of these myths are
to be believed,
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but that's not to say that they
don't contain a little bit of truth.
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Because in the
life cycle of the moon,
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we might find clues as to how,
in the dim and distant past,
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we evolved our
deep-seated fear of the dark.
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As the moon continues its journey
around the Earth,
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the face that is lit becomes
increasingly hidden from us...
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..and we see less and less
of it in the night sky.
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This waning moon reflects
less light back to Earth...
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..and the nights gradually
become darker.
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And it's now that danger lurks.
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GROWLING
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In the heart of the
Serengeti in east Africa,
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the great drama of hunter and hunted
is played out on a grand scale
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during the different phases
of the moon.
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This nocturnal world
is being revealed
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with the help of
lowlight photography.
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And what that shows us is that
when the moon is on the wane
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and nights are darker...
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..it is far easier for
a predator to stalk its prey.
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The same is true for us.
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A study of 500 lion attacks
on humans in Tanzania
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found that the risk of being
attacked under the waning moon
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is trebled.
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So it could be our innate
fear of darkness
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and the myths that have
grown up around it
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stem from the very real dangers
our ancestors faced
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under the dark nights of
the waning moon.
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Considering the moon is so far away
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and is only a quarter of
the size of Earth,
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it punches well above its weight.
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The moon's gravity is powerful
enough to pull our oceans
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towards it, which means it
controls our tides.
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And where the tides ebb and flow
on the border between land and sea,
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life flourishes.
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When you think of the world's most
nutritious environments,
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a few images spring to mind -
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tropical rainforests,
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coral reefs,
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but probably not Norfolk's Wash.
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But despite appearances,
tidal mudflats are every bit
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as nutritious as these more
exotic locations...
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..as long as you know where to look,
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like conservationist Jim Scott.
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Well, at first glance, you can't
really see anything.
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But when you start to come out
and actually dig around in it,
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you'll find all sorts of things.
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Ragworms, lugworms,
all sorts of shellfish.
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Baltic tellin, cockles.
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Just one square metre of mud
produces the energy equivalent
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of 20 chocolate bars.
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As a result, these tidal mudflats
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are a magnet for migrating
and overwintering birds.
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Hundreds of thousands of them
arrive every year.
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You must think of these mudflats,
really, almost a little bit like
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motorway service stations.
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So birds are...on their migrations,
they're dropping in,
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feeding up, fuelling up for
their long-distance journeys
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and then moving on
to the next estuary.
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Without the moon's pull on our
oceans, these tidal mudflats
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and the creatures that live
in them wouldn't exist.
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The Earth rotates once a day,
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and when Britain is facing the moon,
the moon's gravity pulls
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the sea towards it, creating
the tide that rises here in Norfolk.
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As that rising tide gradually
covers the mudflats,
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the birds are pushed
further inshore.
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The biggest flock of
all are the knots.
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They're named after Cnut,
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the medieval king who, legend had
it, tried to stop the tide.
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But nothing can,
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and soon the mudflats
are completely submerged.
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The birds have no option
but to take to the air.
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# Fly me to the moon
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# Let me play among the stars
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# And let me see
what spring is like on
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# Jupiter and Mars
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# In other words... #
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It's only then that it becomes
apparent just how many birds
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depend on the moon's power over
the oceans for their food.
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There must be 20,000 birds
coming off the last bit of mud,
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right past us and into the lagoons.
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They're a fantastic sight.
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The birds head inland.
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They'll wait here until this
part of the Earth has turned
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away from the moon,
then the tide will go out
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and once again it will be dinner
time on the tidal mudflats...
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..all courtesy of the moon.
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As the moon continues its journey,
it appears to get thinner
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and thinner in the sky.
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Until, halfway through the month,
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the moon has moved directly
between the Earth and the sun.
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Now no light falls on
the side that faces us.
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It is in complete shadow.
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Known as a new moon, here on Earth
we can no longer see it.
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But now it's aligned with the sun.
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The combined influence of the sun
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and the moon's gravity
pulls the oceans even further...
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..generating the very highest tides.
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And there's one place in the UK
where once a month the new moon
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produces a monster.
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In a stretch of water off
the coast of Wales,
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something is stirring.
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I reckon we can get a couple
of hours out there today, eh? Yeah.
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Hopefully, if the wave holds up.
If we can get there
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before the wave starts forming and
then we'll be able to see. Yeah.
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Yes, Tommy, take us away.
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Elite kayaker Sam Charlesworth
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and his friends are
going to meet it.
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Yeah, fully fell in love
with the place.
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Like, this is probably
the most beautiful
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and intimidating place
I've kayaked in the UK.
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These are the infamous
Bitches and Whelps rocks.
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According to a local legend,
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Viking invaders likened the large
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rocks to snarling dogs
protecting the smaller rocks,
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their pups or whelps.
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But they really come alive
once the new moon starts
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to bring in the tide.
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We'll always be scanning the tide
tables looking for the best tide.
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There's definitely an element
of excitement that comes about
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when you see a
7.2m or 7.3m tide.
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On the highest tides, one quarter
of a million tonnes of water is
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forced through
the rocks every second.
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Then out of the chaos,
something special emerges -
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a static wave.
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As the moon pulls
the water over the rocks,
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the ocean floor pushes it
upward into a wave that
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remains in the same place for as
long as the tide continues to flow.
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You've probably only got a two-hour
window of it really working well.
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Yeah, you want to make the most
of that time that you've
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got on the water.
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MUSIC: The Bitch Is Back
by Elton John
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Woo!
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Even for kayakers of this calibre,
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there's no guarantee they'll
get to ride the wave.
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Oh-h-h... Ah!
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Yeah, it can be a real battle.
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You're just trying to find the speed
in the wave, trying to feel the...
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Once you can start to work less,
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then you know that you're
on the right track.
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And it's just about finding where
the easiest place to be is.
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# Moon river... #
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The incoming tide is now rushing
over the rocks at speeds of
up to 40kmh.
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But as long as the kayakers can find
the wave's sweet spot,
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surfing it is almost effortless.
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# Two drifters
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# Off to see the world... #
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I think it's incredible that having
something so far away -
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the moon - can create something
so unique, so special here
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and yeah, you're surfing,
that's the dream!
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Yet nothing can last for ever.
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As this part of the Earth turns
away from the moon,
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as suddenly and imperceptibly
as the wave emerged,
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it disappears again.
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It will be a month before
the new moon will return
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and conjure up another monster wave
for Sam and his friends to ride.
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Yeah, there's a lot of things that
make a good session out here.
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And we scored today.
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Just over two weeks into
its monthly journey,
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the moon has travelled more than
halfway around the Earth.
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From where we're standing,
the lit side of the moon
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now starts to become visible again.
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And the moon reappears,
magically it seems,
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in the faint whisper of a crescent.
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But, for some, it has
an extra-special meaning.
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MAN CHANTS IN ARABIC
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Within the Islamic world,
it's the first sighting of
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the crescent moon that marks
the beginning of each month.
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And the faithful go looking for it,
whether they are in Mecca,
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Istanbul, Jakarta...
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..or Croydon.
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CHANTING IN ARABIC
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Every month, the congregations
from the local mosques
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gather on the hills around Croydon,
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to try and spot the new
crescent moon.
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The crescent moon starts the month
in the Islamic calendar
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and the tradition is that we go out
and we look for the moon
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because the Prophet Muhammad said,
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"The month starts
when you sight the moon."
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Tonight, amateur astronomer
Imad Ahmed is leading the search...
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According to my compass,
what do you think...?
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Does that look... ..along with
local imam Suliman Gani.
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We may be able to see
the crescent today.
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But with the British weather,
that's easier said than done.
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It's quite difficult to sight, not
just because of the cloudy skies
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in the UK, but because the new
crescent moon is really thin.
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OVER PHONE: Then you can easily see
above the glare...
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For many years, British Muslims have
relied on word from abroad
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that the crescent moon
has been sighted.
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Now there's a growing network of
local moon-spotters in the UK.
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OK, I've got a couple come in from
York Astronomical Society,
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we will contact you
after the sunset.
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But for Imad, seeing the new
crescent moon means much more
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than simply marking
the start of the month.
477
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,240
Symbolically, in Islamic culture,
in poetry,
478
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:08,400
and symbolically to me, the moon
represents light amidst darkness.
479
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:15,280
It represents something that can
guide you when you can't see
480
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,960
and so when the waning moon
disappears into the night sky,
481
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,240
we have a few days of darkness,
482
00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:24,440
but the new crescent emerges again,
and to me, that represents
483
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,680
light and it represents hope.
484
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,880
Once the sun has set
and the sky darkened,
485
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,640
all eyes turn to the horizon.
486
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,240
RADIO CHATTER
487
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,400
THEY SPEAK IN ARABIC
488
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,720
OK, see where my hand is?
489
00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:55,320
ALL: Yeah.
490
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,520
Right, look... Not the first cloud,
the second, the third...
491
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,240
After me...
492
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:02,560
THEY CHANT IN ARABIC
493
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,520
When Muslims do sight
the crescent moon,
494
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,640
they can recite a prayer.
It's a really special prayer
495
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,200
and you directly address the moon
496
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,240
and you say to the moon,
497
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:16,640
"Oh, moon, your God
and my God is Allah."
498
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:20,720
And I think it's a fascinating,
interesting way that we are
499
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:24,400
being directed to really connect
and commune with nature,
500
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:25,840
specifically the moon.
501
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,120
Millions of us gaze up at the moon
over the course of the month,
502
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,000
watching it wane and wax,
503
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,200
but that's only half the story.
504
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,400
And that's because we only
ever see half the moon.
505
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,840
There's another side, that we never
get to see from Earth.
506
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,480
It's known as "the dark side".
507
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,320
I'll see you on the far
side of the moon.
508
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,360
Every day of his working life,
space scientist Noah Petro
509
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,560
pays a visit to the dark side.
510
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,760
# I'll see you on the dark side
of the moon... #
511
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,360
I have always been
a bit of an outlier
512
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,440
and so, I mean, I love all areas
of the moon equally
513
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,440
but I love some
more equally than others.
514
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,120
From his base at Nasa,
the US space agency,
515
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,960
Noah is fed a stream of data from
a satellite orbiting the moon.
516
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,080
Put your nose right up against
the surface of the moon.
517
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,320
Craters upon craters upon craters
upon craters.
518
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,400
You can lose yourself.
519
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:59,640
From some 40km above the moon,
the lunar reconnaissance orbiter
520
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,200
captures the most detailed picture
of its surface ever taken.
521
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,120
So here is our beautiful
far side of the moon.
522
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,400
A hemisphere only
a lunar scientist could love.
523
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,920
We're going to do
a computer-generated
524
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,680
fly-by to the far side of the moon.
525
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,200
One of the surprising things
that everyone sees
526
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,040
when we look at the far side
of the moon, is that it's lit.
527
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,880
That's because people expect the
dark side of the moon to be dark
528
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,040
but, just like the near side
of the moon,
529
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,520
the far side of the moon
gets illuminated every day.
530
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,800
At any moment during the moon's
journey around our planet,
531
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,320
the light on the far side of
the moon is the exact opposite
532
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:43,920
of what we're seeing from Earth.
533
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,800
So when our side of the moon
is in shadow,
534
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,400
the far side of the moon
is fully lit.
535
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,440
The far side wasn't seen
at all until 1959,
536
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,680
when a Soviet probe completed
the first orbit of the moon.
537
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:06,520
The first Earthlings to reach
the far side were also Soviet
538
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:11,280
when, in 1968, two tortoises
were launched into orbit.
539
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,760
But to this day
it still remains largely unexplored,
540
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,160
which is why Noah
finds it so intriguing.
541
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,320
If I were to be given a ticket
to go anywhere on the moon,
542
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,360
the one place I would go to
first would be
543
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,680
on the far side of the moon,
Shackleton crater.
544
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,000
Sunlight only comes in
at really steep angles.
545
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,760
That means it's very cold,
about -173 degrees Celsius.
546
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,680
Some of those shadowed areas
have never seen sunlight
547
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,160
since they formed. Millions,
billions of years, perhaps,
548
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,720
have been in permanent shadow.
549
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,280
The Shackleton crater and the
surrounding south pole regions are,
550
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:02,000
you know, really beckoning us to go
explore and find out what's there.
551
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,080
Before Noah went
over to the dark side,
552
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,480
his first passion was the side
we see from Earth.
553
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,600
That's thanks to the Nasa
Apollo missions of the 1960s
554
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,440
and '70s that put the first
humans on the moon.
555
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,040
I'm going to need to find Apollo 12,
that's a hard landing site to find.
556
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:32,400
Using data from LRO, you know,
we can trace their steps, literally,
557
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,680
by seeing their footprints
preserved in the lunar surface.
558
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,480
The moon doesn't have an atmosphere,
559
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,160
so there's no rain or wind to wash
away the marks we left behind.
560
00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:48,880
In these images you can see the
boot prints that both astronauts,
561
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,680
Alan Bean and Pete Conrad,
562
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,960
left behind during their two
EVAs on the surface.
563
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,280
And you can see their trace
around the crater.
564
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:01,320
So one of the beautiful things
about the Apollo 12 landing site
565
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,320
is that you can essentially,
in one image,
566
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,120
retrace their entire adventure
on the moon.
567
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:13,160
# Giant steps are what you take
568
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,880
# Walking on the moon
569
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,960
# I hope my neck don't break... #
570
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:24,080
For Noah, these close up photos
taken by astronauts have
an additional significance.
571
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,840
At the end of the mission, in order
to be able to launch from the
572
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,040
moon surface, the astronauts would
jettison any unnecessary weight.
573
00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,840
Amongst the items
were their backpacks,
574
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,720
containing their
life support systems.
575
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:43,720
Each is signed by the engineers
that built them,
576
00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,040
including Noah's father.
577
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,840
You know, sitting out there,
on the surface of the moon,
578
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,240
are 12 backpacks that
contain my dad's name on them.
579
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,640
Which is pretty cool!
580
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,280
You know, these pictures
have a deep meaning for me,
581
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,720
not just because of the science
that comes out of them
582
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:02,360
and what they represent,
but what they represent to me,
583
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,640
my family,
and why I'm doing this today.
584
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,400
Just 12 humans have left
their boot prints on the moon.
585
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,800
Alan Bean is one of them.
586
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:25,360
Nobody is good enough
to deserve a chance of all
587
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,200
the people on Earth to go do this.
588
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,240
No-one is that good,
relative to others, do you see?
589
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:33,680
I wasn't either, OK?
590
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,280
But I got lucky.
591
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:42,400
On 19th November, 1969, after
a journey of four days, Alan and
592
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,280
fellow astronaut Pete Conrad began
their final descent to the moon.
593
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,640
What Pete and I were thinking
about when we came down -
594
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:57,640
is this going to work?
That's what you were thinking about.
595
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,520
Then you get down,
you look out the window, you know,
596
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,880
you pat each other on the back,
you know, we're here!
597
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,040
# If you believe
598
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,640
# They put a man on the moon
599
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,080
# Man on the moon
600
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,720
# If you believe... #
601
00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:18,600
It was a moment Alan had spent
years training for.
602
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:23,880
They had taken us
603
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:29,000
to places on Earth that they thought
were like the moon, like Iceland.
604
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,360
There's a lot of volcanic...
We knew this was all volcanic,
605
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,760
so we went there.
606
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,000
When you get to the moon,
it's not exactly like that,
607
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,720
but it's pretty much like it.
608
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:42,320
And that's part of the training.
609
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,560
But no amount of training could
prepare Alan for the physical
610
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,920
reality of this alien world.
611
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,080
'It's beautiful, it really is.'
612
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,160
We get there and we're at
one sixth gravity,
613
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,800
it was like suddenly I was
the strongest that I'd ever been.
614
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:04,080
One of the experiments I carried out
was 420lb on Earth.
615
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,520
I carried it around on the moon,
I couldn't even lift on Earth.
616
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:13,000
I mean, I knew why, but when you're
doing it, you're thinking,
617
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,040
"Wow! Man, am I strong!"
618
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,280
You know,
"This is the greatest day!"
619
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:21,520
Alan spent two days
and one night on the lunar surface,
620
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:23,840
collecting rocks
and carrying out experiments.
621
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,480
Then it was time for the perilous
business of returning
622
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,080
to the command module,
orbiting above.
623
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,320
You can't hear things in space.
624
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,200
When we lifted off,
we don't hear anything.
625
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:41,640
We had to burn our engine
six minutes and three seconds.
626
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:45,280
I can remember, you know,
looking at my watch and the timer.
627
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:46,720
OK, that's three minutes.
628
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:49,960
And I'd say something like,
"I wonder how our engine's doing."
629
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,840
It could be down there sputtering
or getting ready to poop,
630
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,560
or who knows!
631
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,320
It's got to keep going for another
couple of minutes.
632
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,200
And sure enough, it did,
and shut down.
633
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,280
I can remember thinking,
when that shut down, I thought,
634
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:04,560
"We will get back to Earth."
635
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,880
One of the thoughts
I had coming back,
636
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,520
we were on the moon 30 hours,
and we'd trained for years
637
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,560
and thought about it
for many more years.
638
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,760
And I thought, you know,
"Is this all there is?
639
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,000
"Is it over this quick?"
640
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:44,440
Those few brief hours have shaped
the rest of Alan's life.
641
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,480
After leaving Nasa,
642
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:51,360
he turned his painting hobby
into a full-time occupation.
643
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,240
Of the 215 paintings
he's made since,
644
00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:58,200
each and every one
has featured the moon.
645
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:03,360
I was there, I know the stories,
I know what it looks like.
646
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:07,160
But if I don't do this,
these paintings won't...
647
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,120
..exist
and the stories that go with them.
648
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,680
Even for those few that have
stood on the moon,
649
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:19,080
it's a place that remains
enigmatic and wondrous.
650
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,720
But I'll tell you what's different
now, when we were going to the moon,
651
00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:28,480
when I'd look at the moon at night,
it seemed pretty close.
652
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,440
It didn't seem hard to do.
653
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,360
It didn't seem far away.
654
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:36,360
When I look at the moon now,
it seems so far away.
655
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:42,080
And I say, you know,
"How did we ever get there?"
656
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,960
After 29.5 days
the moon has completed
657
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,560
its epic journey around our planet.
658
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,640
In that time, many of us
will have looked up
659
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:07,480
and enjoyed its simple beauty.
660
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:12,720
Yet although this cycle is constant,
not all lunar orbits are the same.
661
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,760
The moon's irregular path around
our planet means that sometimes
662
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,760
the Earth, sun and moon fall
into a very particular alignment.
663
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,240
And when the Earth is
exactly in the middle,
664
00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:29,520
it casts a shadow over the moon.
665
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,680
This is a lunar eclipse.
666
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,240
The light reaching the moon passes
through the Earth's atmosphere,
667
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:45,680
which colours it a deep red.
668
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:48,480
So it's known as a blood moon.
669
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,440
Sometimes it's the other way round.
670
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:59,000
It's the moon that casts
its shadow on the Earth.
671
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,720
This happens when the moon
comes directly between
672
00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:04,000
the Earth and the sun...
673
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:11,880
..and the moon blocks out the sun.
674
00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:15,360
A total solar eclipse.
675
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,800
21st August, 2017.
676
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,160
America is waking up
to a special day.
677
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,240
For the first time
in almost a century,
678
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:38,960
a total eclipse will sweep the
nation from one coast to the other.
679
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:44,960
This rare event means different
things to different people.
680
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,840
Many Native Americans will follow
the traditional custom
681
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,280
of hiding away and quiet reflection.
682
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:58,400
Some native tribes consider
the eclipse a bad omen.
683
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,040
There are some native
Americans that think
684
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,480
it's a renewal of things
on Mother Earth
685
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:08,320
like the animals, the water,
the trees and us as human beings.
686
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,840
Because the sun is
so much larger than the moon,
687
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:18,200
the moon's shadow is
only around 110km across.
688
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,920
And millions of people are racing
to get in its path.
689
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:27,560
Joel Harris has been chasing the
moon's shadow for the past 40 years.
690
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,160
After 19 of these, you'd think
they're all the same,
691
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,120
but they're
actually quite different.
692
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:38,200
Joel's one of just six people
to have spent more than an hour
693
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:42,280
in totality - that brief moment
when the moon blots out the sun.
694
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:48,840
Today, in Wyoming, he's hoping to
add a further 2.5 minutes to his
695
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,840
tally, along with a coach-load of
eclipse chasers he's leading.
696
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,600
I've been planning
it for four years.
697
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:00,320
Right, for over just two minutes
of work.
698
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,200
Or two minutes of something.
699
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,600
Experience!
700
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,040
# Moon shadow, moon shadow
701
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,480
# Moon shadow, moon shadow... #
702
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,280
Further east,
in the city of St Louis,
703
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,200
the students
of Yeatman-Liddell School
704
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,800
are also heading to
the eclipse path,
705
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,120
in the hands of school principal,
Dr Leslie Bonner.
706
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,520
Oh, my goodness, I think
they're extremely excited.
707
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,800
They're putting their glasses on,
taking them off,
708
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,440
they've got their T-shirts on.
709
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,320
They are asking questions,
looking at the sky, just trying to
710
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:36,720
figure out exactly what to expect
711
00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:39,120
once we get to see
this total eclipse.
712
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,400
Yes, they are extremely excited.
713
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,000
I think the staff may be
just as excited as they are.
714
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,400
It's getting...
It's getting to...
715
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:49,520
Are you getting excited?
716
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:51,800
I am excited,
but I am really nervous, too.
717
00:49:56,080 --> 00:50:00,200
Leslie grew up in a similar
neighbourhood to her students.
718
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:04,320
Seeing an eclipse as a child
inspired her to study science.
719
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,600
She's hoping today
will do the same for them.
720
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,280
So you see what's actually going
to be happening today?
721
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:17,320
99.9% of our scholars are in
the lower socioeconomic status.
722
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:23,200
Can you see it? This is what
you are actually going to see today.
723
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:26,560
And viewing this eclipse today
is what definitely
724
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,520
it's something that puts
their eyes on the prize
725
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:32,760
in regards to what's next
in the scientific area.
726
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:41,120
If proof were needed of the power
of the eclipse to shape lives,
727
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:45,200
you need look no further than Joel
Harris's band of eclipse chasers.
728
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,200
Oh, this one I've been... Actually,
if you really want to know,
729
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,680
I've been planning this
since I was 11 years old.
730
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,320
Here we are, 54 years later,
after my first eclipse,
731
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:57,760
and this one I'm going to see
732
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:00,360
because the last one in Maine
on July 20th, 1963
733
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,120
got clouded out at the last minute.
734
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,520
I think this will be just my fifth.
735
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:10,960
You think it's just an item
to check off your bucket list,
736
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:14,080
but, no, it's like forever
on your bucket list.
737
00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:17,040
Every time you see one,
you want to see the next one.
738
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,600
We're really excited about it
and we're just a few seconds away.
739
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,240
I've lost Mike but I'm going to
look back at the sun
740
00:51:25,240 --> 00:51:27,440
while I still have the opportunity.
741
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:31,880
10.00am, and on the West Coast,
the eclipse has already begun.
742
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:33,920
It is arriving at the United States.
743
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,600
It's over the Pacific Ocean
and about to reach Oregon.
744
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:38,400
This is the celestial...
745
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:42,360
Then, as Earth turns,
that shadow sweeps over its surface,
746
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,960
plunging one place after another
into a deep twilight.
747
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:53,800
Left in its wake are wave
after wave of awestruck viewers.
748
00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:58,360
This is the celestial event that
we've all been waiting
749
00:51:58,360 --> 00:51:59,680
and anticipating for years.
750
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:02,760
Hold-up, wait a minute.
751
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:06,200
As the students of Yeatman-Liddell
arrive into the eclipse path,
752
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,240
it's already underway.
753
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:11,880
SHE SQUEALS AND SCREAMS
754
00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:16,160
Oh, my gosh. Did you see that?
755
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:17,960
Oh, my gosh!
756
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:20,640
It kind of look like a Pac man.
757
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:22,760
Yeah, you can see like a half sun
758
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:26,120
but you can see the moon and the
sun. Yeah, you can see the moon.
759
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,320
Yeah, like a crescent.
Yeah. Like a crescent.
760
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,400
Somebody tell me...
761
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,680
Oh, my gosh, it's so beautiful!
762
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,320
There you go.
763
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:42,360
In Wyoming, totality is nearing
for Joel Harris and his group.
764
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:44,480
But years of meticulous
planning might be
765
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,640
snatched from them
at the very last moment.
766
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:49,880
Get that balloon out of here!
767
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,120
The hot-air balloon is heading
right towards the sun.
768
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:54,760
PEOPLE BOOING
769
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,360
Look at that.
If that crosses. Yeah. Oh!
770
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:01,040
PEOPLE SHOUT
771
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:04,920
Oh, this is like ridiculous!
772
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:07,840
Shoot 'em down! Everybody blow hard!
773
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,440
With the way now clear,
Joel can use all his experience
774
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,720
to lead his troop through
the final stages of build-up.
775
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:18,760
Get ready!
776
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:22,280
Shadow's coming, it's on those
clouds over there!
777
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:27,040
As the moon creeps across the sun,
its shadow races toward them.
778
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:28,840
Here she comes!
779
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:35,160
The last rays of light reach
through the moon's mountainous edge
780
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,240
to create a diamond ring effect.
781
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:42,800
Totality!
782
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:44,280
CHEERING
783
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:51,320
Totality!
784
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:54,400
Now all that can be
seen of the sun is the corona -
785
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:56,520
its glowing outer atmosphere,
786
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:59,920
reaching hundreds of thousands
of kilometres into space.
787
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:04,640
One minute to go.
788
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:14,440
It's going beautifully dark here,
it's becoming twilight.
789
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,280
You've got to put
the glasses back on.
790
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:18,680
I'm going to spend a second
looking around at the crowd.
791
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:20,760
Oh, my goodness.
The winds are really picking up.
792
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,800
You know, in this dark area,
the winds are just flowing in.
793
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:25,600
Next, it's St Louis,
794
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:29,200
and the first time in these
children's lives that they'll get
795
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:30,840
a taste of this rare wonder.
796
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:32,880
Do you see how dark it's getting?
797
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:34,880
Oh, my God, isn't it incredible?
798
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,560
CHEERING AND SCREAMING
799
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:48,720
CHEERING AND SCREAMING CONTINUES
800
00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:50,120
APPLAUSE
801
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:00,680
Keep your glasses on.
802
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:12,480
As quickly as totality arrived,
it's gone.
803
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,760
But the experience will
never leave them.
804
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:18,360
That's once-in-a-lifetime,
right there.
805
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:21,160
That was nice. I took off my glasses
806
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:22,840
I actually seen the eclipse
before...
807
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,560
it started before
I seen the totality of it.
808
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:29,160
But I can only see it
with my only human eyes...
809
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:30,960
You need to be helping them out.
810
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:34,400
MUSIC: Dancing In The Moonlight
by Toploader
811
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:37,680
# When that moon is big and bright
812
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,720
# It's a supernatural delight... #
813
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:44,600
Joel has just clocked up another two
minutes 30 seconds in totality.
814
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:49,840
It's emotional.
815
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:51,040
It's visceral.
816
00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:53,520
It's really something.
817
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,840
I am wonderful. I'm on cloud nine.
818
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:08,360
Just for today,
today has been awesome.
819
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,800
Probably one of the best days
of my career as an educator.
820
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,160
This is super cool.
821
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:22,320
In all, more than 150 million
people in America experienced
822
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,040
the shadow of the moon
in countless different ways.
823
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:39,320
Sadly, there won't be a total
solar eclipse in Britain
824
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:40,800
for another 72 years.
825
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:45,520
But right now, there is
one wonder that we can enjoy -
826
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:49,200
the third of a dazzling
trio of supermoons...
827
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,800
..because it isn't just
a supermoon.
828
00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:56,680
Unusually, it's the second full moon
in a month,
829
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,680
which is known as a blue moon.
830
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:01,400
And that isn't all...
831
00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:06,760
..in the Far East, they'll also
be treated to a lunar eclipse.
832
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:12,840
So this last supermoon is, in fact,
a super-blood-blue-moon.
833
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:18,440
The first one for 150 years.
834
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:25,640
Our moon captivates us
today as much as it ever has.
835
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:29,280
Perhaps because moon-gazing
is such a simple pleasure,
836
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:30,920
one we can all enjoy.
837
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:36,440
All we need to do is look up,
just as our ancestors did
838
00:57:36,440 --> 00:57:41,280
and our descendants surely will, and
marvel at the wonders of the moon.
839
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,000
# Come and take a trip
in my rocket ship
840
00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:57,440
# We'll have a lovely afternoon
841
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:02,320
# Kiss the world goodbye
and away we'll fly
842
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,840
# Destination moon
843
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:09,400
# We'll travel fast as light
till we're out of sight
844
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,640
# The Earth will be like
a toy balloon
845
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:17,920
# Destination, destination moon! #
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