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[MAN NARRATING] For as long as
humans have existed on Earth,

we have looked to the
heavens in wonder.

Fascinated by the countless
stars in the night sky.

But in all the unimaginable
vastness of space,

we found only one place like this.

It's a small blue planet,
with a rocky moon.

Travelling around a star.

It's just close enough to
be fed by its sun's energy,

but not blasted by its heat.

It spins on its axis,

so that for half a day its
surface basks in light,

then for half it cools in shade.

You might say, it's
the lucky planet.

Because its rhythm
of light and shade,

turns out to be a vital
ingredient, for life itself.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

Earth, our home.

As far as we know, our
planet is unique.

As far as we know,

one day spent here is the most
amazing thing in the whole universe.

[BIRD CHIRPING]

[BIRDSONG]

[BIRD CHIRPING]

The magical dance of Earth and Sun,

has created millions of different
kinds of plants and animals,

alive on our Earth today.

Some, you see every day.

Others, are very rare.

But, we all have one
thing in common.

Our lives are driven by the
rhythm of night and day.

One hint of morning
sunlight... [SQUAWKING]

and we respond in so
many different ways.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[BIRDS CALLING]

[PLANTS RUSTLING]

Some animals need it.

Others, hide from it.

Most of us, love it.

Some, even greet it with song.

[BIRDS CALLING]

[KOALA CALLING]

[PENGUIN CHATTER]

[STING RAYS BOOM INTO WATER]

Whatever way we choose to meet it,

sunrise is the power that
brings our world to life.

[ZEBRAS SNORTING]

Africa.

Here, the first hours of the day belong
not just to those who rise early,

but to those who stayed up late.

[SWOOSHING]

This serval has been
hunting during the night.

[RUSTLING]

But now he's pushing his luck.

He's out late, trying
for a final mouthful.

His high jumping
technique is perfect,

for hunting amongst the long
grass of the African savanna.

He's looking for prey, but
mostly listening for it.

His enormous radar ears
can hear a pin drop.

Or a careless step from
a southern vlei rat.

[WHOOSHING]

[SCREECHING AND
MECHANICAL WHINE SOUND]

Now the sunlight's growing
stronger, maybe it's time for bed.

On the other side of the world, on an
isolated group of Pacific islands,

there are animals who
can't even think

about running around
so early in the day.

They can't do anything until they've
been warmed up by the Sun's power.

The Galapagos Islands are home for some
of the most unusual animals on Earth.

Marine iguana.

Their morning ritual
is always the same.

As the sun comes up
on their island home,

they simply sprawl on the rocks,

lapping it up.

[INSECT BUZZING]

Reptiles are pretty
much solar-powered.

They need the sun's heat,
before they can move a muscle.

[CRUNCHING NOISE]

[SNORTS]

And they're not the only
creatures soaking up the sun.

Galapagos racer snakes aren't big
enough to trouble an adult iguana.

But, something smaller?

Away from the rocks where grown-ups
live, buried in the sand,

baby iguanas have been
incubating underground...

for over three months.

[ROCKS SHIFTING]

Today when the Sun
has warmed the sand,

they will emerge.

[DING]

It's time for this one, to crawl
out into the rest of life.

If she starts too early,
before she's warm enough,

she won't have the
energy to run very fast.

If she leaves too late, then her
enemies may be supercharged.

It's the biggest decision
she'll ever make.

[INTENSE DRUMBEAT]

She made it.

The snakes missed their chance.

But more babies are hatching.

And now the snakes are on alert.

It's the best opportunity they
will get to eat all year.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

On flat ground a baby iguana
can outrun a racer snake.

But, others are waiting in ambush.

Another hatchling has his first
glimpse of a dangerous world.

[MUSIC FADES]

[ROCKS SHIFTING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

The snake's eyes aren't very good,

but they can detect movement.

So, if the hatchling keeps its
nerve, it may just be okay.

An amazing escape.

The biggest achievement of
any young animal's life.

Powered by our local star.

[ANIMALS CALLING]

Mid-morning.

As the Sun climbs higher,
its rays reach further.

Bringing magic wherever they touch.

[LIGHT TWINKLING]

Plants turn the light into life.

They take thin air
and the Sun's energy

and with photosynthesis
make new growth.

Conjuring up tangled forest
worlds, leaf by leaf.

[PLANTS CRACKLING AND RUSTLING]

It's the alchemy upon which
everything else on Earth depends.

A matter of life,

and death.

[INSECT SQUEAKING]

[LOUD CRUSH]

One plant can weave its
particular spell in a single day.

This is bamboo.

It can grow almost a
millimeter a minute.

The fastest growing
plant in the world.

It's still only mid-morning.

Most of this has grown since dawn.

[LOUD CRUNCHING]

And since dawn, this giant
panda has been eating it.

The trouble with bamboo, is
that it's not very nutritious.

The trouble with pandas, is
that they're very fussy.

Bamboo is almost the
only thing they'll eat.

To get enough energy
to feed herself,

this panda will need to
eat up to 14 hours today.

Longer probably,
because she's nursing.

But for her cub, it's different.

She lives mostly on
her mother's milk,

so chewing is only
really her hobby.

Not yet a full-time job.

This morning, she has something
rare in the natural world.

Time to spare.

And, to explore.

[PANDA SOFTLY GRUNTING]

Because of their
specialized way of life,

giant pandas are amongst the
rarest animals in the world.

Cubs like her are
more precious still.

There are only a few hundred alive.

A rare animal with
the rarest luxury.

Time.

As the morning sun
grows in strength,

it begins to brew a spell
of a different kind.

The Sun is pouring energy into
our atmosphere, heating it up.

It evaporates water
from land and sea,

and builds clouds.

Across Africa, clouds and weather
are constantly on the move,

bringing rain and fresh grass to
different places at different times.

For millions of animals, the job
of every morning is to move

to where the rain will
make the grass grow next.

Whatever stands in their way.

This morning,

the need to keep moving will present a
particular challenge for one young zebra.

This foal could walk less
than an hour after birth.

She can handle almost anything.

But she's never faced
an obstacle like this.

Swollen by highland rain, the
river is fast and furious.

And full of dangers.

The young zebra is going to need
every bit of her mother's help,

if she's going to make it.

[ZEBRAS WHINNYING]

It turns out the biggest threat
isn't attack by other animals,

it's the river itself.

Her mother tries to lead the
foal to the shallowest waters,

but she's just too small.

And the current's just too strong.

The foal is on the
verge of exhaustion,

but her mother will not give up.

[ZEBRA WHINING]

While others are escaping, she
calls for her foal to keep going.

And finally, a way out.

There is a saying in Africa, "If
you wanna go quickly, go alone.

If you wanna go far, go together."

After this,

the zebra foal and her mother can surely
handle anything the day throws at them.

The Sun is approaching its
highest and most powerful.

In the far north, in the Arctic,

ice has held land and ocean
in its grip for months.

The Sun near the poles is always
lower and weaker than anywhere else.

[ICE RUMBLING]

But still, its energy
will transform.

Narwhal.

One of the most mysterious
animals on the planet.

For the moment they
can't travel far,

only small openings in the ice
allow them to surface and breathe.

But the power of the Sun
is coming to their rescue.

For many days

the Sun's heat has been gnawing away
at the ice's hold on sea and land.

Now, approaching its highest and
strongest, the Sun begins to triumph.

[ICE CRACKLING]

And the battle of heat against
cold, becomes a rout.

On land, rivers flow again.

In the oceans, where
the ice is now weak,

the Sun's warmth, opens cracks.

And the cracks become channels.

Roadways along which the narwhal
can traverse their icy kingdom.

In Inuit legend, the first narwhal
was a brave female hunter.

Caught up in a deadly embrace
with a whale she hunted,

Her braided hair flung out,
becoming the twisted tusk.

For these narwhal,
what an amazing day.

They are free again, to
roam their ocean home.

The strength of the Sun becomes greater
and greater, the further south you go.

[ANIMAL CALLING]

In the mountains of North America,

the sunlight of a spring day, brings
the freshly thawed world to life.

[DISTANCE GRUMBLING]
[INSECT BUZZING]

[BEAR GRUMBLES]

[BEAR GROWLS]

[BIRD CALLING]

If you're still wearing
your winter coat,

the heat during the middle-of-the-day
can get a bit uncomfortable.

You need to find a tree and
give yourself a good scratch.

[PLAYFUL DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

Rubbing against the bark
not only gets to the itch,

it helps a hot bear
shed its winter fur.

It's also a chance to mark the
territory with your personal scent.

So everyone knows
exactly who's in town.

[BEAR GRUMBLES]

[BEAR GRUMBLES]

[BEAR FARTS]

[BEAR GROWLS]

It's now midday,

and the world feels the full force
of our friendly neighborhood star.

The sun is now at its
highest in the sky.

Its light penetrates even the
deep hidden folds of the Earth.

[WIND WHISPERING]

In Africa, near the equator,
its energy creates a furnace.

This zebra foal and her
herd still need to move on.

But every step is tough
in heat like this.

[ZEBRA SNORTS]

Any scrap of shade...

is an oasis.

[INSECTS BUZZING]

In full sunlight, the herd
are easy for hunters to see.

But there is one blessing
about the midday sun.

It's simply too hot
for lions to hunt.

[LION FARTS]

[LION SNORING]

There is something, however,
that doesn't take a break,

even in the heat of the day.

The struggle for power.

[LOW GRUMBLING]

Rivalry between males for territory
and for the attentions of females

is so overpowering, it drives even the
most placid of creatures to combat.

At high noon in the desert heat,

a young male giraffe is challenging
the resident bull for prime territory

and the females that go with it.

At first they just push and shove,
trying to intimidate each other.

Normally, this would
be an end to it,

but the young rival seems to think
he has a chance and attacks.

Neither will back down.

The old bull is down.

He knows the final blow is coming.

So, he ducks...

and hits back.

It is over.

The day still belongs
to the old master.

For the loser, it's
exile in the desert.

The land and the creatures that live
on it, toast under the noonday sun.

But one habitat remains
cool, even now.

Over the course of a single day,
even the enormous power of the Sun,

isn't strong enough to warm
the great oceans by much.

Here, some of the largest
creatures on Earth,

live lives as long, and perhaps
as complex, as our own.

This is a family of sperm whales.

[WHALES CLICKING]

And at its heart, a rare sight.

A calf.

Already 15ft long, she's
about a year old,

and very inquisitive.

For two or three years, she
will feed on her mother's milk.

It's so rich in fat, it has the
consistency of cottage cheese.

So it doesn't dissolve in the sea
water as it's being gulped down.

The great whales are the biggest
predators that have ever existed,

yet, they make the most
protective parents.

And very talkative ones,

chatting in a language of clicks.

They're the loudest
creatures on the planet,

capable of sounds, far
louder than a jet engine.

[CLICKING CONTINUES]

But right now, it's
time for silence.

Hanging vertically, the
giants of the sea...

take an afternoon nap.

These whales have brains
larger than any other animal.

Who can guess with what richness
they dream away the day.

In the tropics, the oppressive heat of
midday lingers well into the afternoon.

On a tiny island, off the coast
of Panama, in Central America,

everything takes life slowly.

[BIRDSONG]

[ANIMAL SNORING]

A pygmy three-toed sloth.

At his best, he is slothful.

At this time of day, he's
pretty much comatose.

[SNORING CONTINUES]

Only one thing might rouse him.

And it's this...

[SLOTH CALLING]

the call of the female
sloth, out there somewhere.

[WATER SPLASH]

And since it's high tide,
why not take the short cut.

The only problem is from down here,

it's not easy to tell where the
potential mate is calling from.

[FEMALE SLOTH CALLING]

[FEMALE SLOTH CALLING]

Could this be her?

Sadly for him, this female
is not looking for a date.

While she's nursing her cub, she's
quite happy to stay single.

As they say, "mañana."
There's always tomorrow.

[SNORING]

Though island life
here moves slowly,

the pace of the afternoon is very
different in other parts of the world.

[WATER RUMBLING]

This is Zavodovski
Island in Antarctica,

home for 1.5 million
chinstrap penguins.

It's an extraordinary place.

An outcrop of rock, spewed out
by the volcano at its heart.

The oceans beat against
it night and day.

And the penguins are
caught in the crossfire.

All day, the adult penguins
struggle against the waves

as they journey between home and
their hunting grounds, offshore.

[PENGUINS CHATTERING]

It's an ordeal they can't avoid.

Their families depend on them.

Chinstrap penguin chicks
are completely helpless,

without the support of
both mother and father.

[CHICKS CHIRPING]

They need fresh food every day.

And their parents take
turns to fetch it.

It means an awful
lot of hunting...

[PENGUINS CHATTERING]

...for an awful lot
of moms and dads.

This mother has no food
left to feed her chicks.

They now need their
father to return,

and soon.

[WAVES CRASHING VIOLENTLY]

At mid-afternoon,

the first wave of hunters, who
left early this morning, return.

Amongst them is the chick's father.

He's been fishing 50 miles offshore,
but now he's not far away.

If getting safely into the water was
difficult, getting out is even harder.

[PENGUINS CHATTER]

Tiny claws help them to get whatever
grip he can on the rough water.

The father now has a two
mile walk to his family.

And a stomach loaded
with food, doesn't help.

[MASS PENGUIN CHATTER]

This is the largest
penguin colony on Earth.

But, as he makes the same
journey every other day,

he should be able to do
it with his eyes closed.

[PENGUIN GRUNTS]

At least, most of the time.

Like any commute, it can
get a little congested.

And sometimes, it can be hard to
remember where you parked your kids.

The mother is still waiting,
the chicks are now desperate.

In the midst of all this deafening chorus,
he can recognize her particular cry.

[PENGUIN CALLING]

She is, literally,
one in a million.

[PENGUINS GREETING]

A head bob, is the penguin's
way of saying, "Welcome home."

Both chicks will get a meal.

A happy end to the
toughest commute on Earth.

[BIRDSONG]

Mid-afternoon in the
rainforests of Ecuador.

The air steams in the heat.

Here, the Sun and plants conspire
to create their own unique weather.

And is the same
practically every day.

This afternoon, that's going
to help one of its smallest

and most beautiful inhabitants
in a surprising way.

The racket-tailed hummingbird is
about the size of your thumb.

It takes a lot of energy
to look this graceful.

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

That means it's living in a
perpetual state of near starvation.

In fact, its metabolism is so fast,
it needs to fuel up on nectar,

over a thousand times a day.

It can't stop feeding for a moment.

All day is a race against time.

The racket-tail isn't the only one hunting
for nectar in the forest flowers.

[BUZZING]

Bees are too, and they
don't like to share.

[LOUD BUZZING]

A single bee sting, close to the
bird's heart, could be fatal.

[BUZZING CONTINUES]

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

But time, is on the
racket-tail's side.

[RUMBLING]

Rain is about to intervene.

[POPPING]

The heat of the afternoon sun, has
built massive thunder clouds.

And when they can no longer
hold their burden, they break.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[EXAGGERATED SPLASH]

Above the canopy, the
rain is torrential.

Under the shelter of layers of leaves,
the deluge is reduced to drips.

A raindrop as big as its head, may
not be much fun for a hummingbird.

[BUZZING]

But it's altogether
too much, for a bee.

[WATER WHISTLES, THUDS]

[BUZZING SLOWS, DIES]

The race to eat, continues.

All over the world,

tiny creatures are on a mission
to stock up before night.

In a European meadow, there's a great
deal of food hidden in the plants.

For those who can reach it.

[SQUEAKING]

[SNIFFLING]

As the day begins to fade,

this tiny harvest mouse, must
gather as much fuel as possible.

[MOUSE TALE WHIPPING]

Her best chance for a good dinner,

are the seeds and fruit, at the
tips of the tallest stalks.

[STALK CREAKING]

But, it's the most dangerous
part, of her tiny world.

[STALK CREAKING]

[WHOOSHING]

A barn owl, is a night-time hunter.

[STALK CREAKING]

[STALK WHOOSHING]

But this one has woken early.

And hungry.

[WHISTLING, THUD]

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

The world at ground-level is bewildering
for a mouse used to the high life.

But she can read the pattern of
the stems overhead, like a map.

Which is just as well,
because back home...

she's needed.

[SQUEAKING]

The light is dying.

[BIRD TRILLING]

But new life is being born.

[WATER SPLASHES SOFTLY]

A mayfly emerges.

It will live for just this day.

Or less, if it doesn't
move fast enough.

[THUD, WATER SPLASHES]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[THUD]

When life is as perilous as this...

nature finds safety in numbers.

This hatch, on the Tisza
River in Hungary,

is one of the world's great
wildlife spectacles.

[WINGS FLUTTERING SOFTLY]

Having spent three years
as nymphs in the river,

up to five million of these
remarkable insects emerge together,

on just this stretch
of water alone.

They'll never feed. They
don't even have mouths.

Instead, as soon as they hatch, they
begin a vast glittering mating dance.

Every day on Earth is amazing.

But surely the mayfly's day, is
one of the most amazing of all.

By nightfall, they will have met,
mated, laid their eggs, and died.

The future entrusted to
the next generation.

Their entire adult life will be spent
in just a few hours of a single day.

Day, is now spinning
swiftly, towards night.

[LOW GRUMBLE]

The Sun slips, ever
lower in the sky.

It is a time of great beauty...

and grave danger.

[BIRD CHATTERING]

In the cool evening shadows, is
the best time to be a predator,

and the worst time to be prey.

[ZEBRAS WHINNYING]

For a zebra and her foal, this is
the most dangerous time of the day.

A cheetah has his eye on the foal.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ZEBRA CALLING]

[ZEBRAS WHINING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

[FOAL WHINNYING]

Sometimes a mother's
love... [ZEBRA WHINNIES]

can be a match for almost anything.

[ZEBRA SNORTS]

As the day fades, the shadow
world is taking over.

[ANIMALS CALLING]

In the Changzhou mountains,
in Southwest China,

the world is turning its face
away from its nurturing star,

towards the chilly
emptiness of space.

Here, white-headed langurs are
taking their last meal of the day.

They're amongst the rarest
creatures on Earth.

Rarer, even than the giant panda.

But when daylight disappears,
this is no place to linger.

[OMINOUS RUMBLING] [LANGUR CALLING]

[LANGUR CALLING]

[BRANCHES RUSTLING]

They are obeying an ancient
and overpowering instinct.

[LANGURS SQUEAKING]

With the lengthening of the shadows,
they scramble for height and refuge.

The route is precarious.

It's not unknown for
a langur to fall,

or baby be dropped.

Yet, despite the risks, the langurs
never stay out after dark.

[LANGURS WHINING]

[BABY LANGUR CRYING]

Even the babies feel it,
and know to fear it.

Night is coming.

The world no longer
belongs to them.

[SOFT RUMBLING]

It belongs to another
set of players.

The creatures of darkness.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

[BAT WINGS FLAPPING]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

[OWLS HOOTING SOFTLY]

[LOW GROWL]

[LOW, DISTANT HOWL]

The night can turn a
friend into a deadly foe.

During the day,

whitetip sharks are content to
cruise gently around the reef alone.

But when night comes,

they're transformed into
hunters working in packs.

In the gloom, the shark's
eyesight is poor.

But they can smell potential
prey from far off.

And they have another advantage.

A sixth sense, that can pick
up the tiny electrical signals

from the heartbeat of
a frightened fish.

And track it down.

Even the deepest shadow,
is no hiding place.

[ROCKS SHIFTING]

[FINS FLAPPING]

Darkness is not just a
time for nightmares.

But also for dreams and wonders.

[INSECT PATTERING]

[PLANTS CREAKING]

Energy stored from the
sunlight is recycled.

And the world lights up again.

Some creatures use
their lights for love.

For this male click beetle,

his glowing spots are designed
to impress and attract a mate.

And seeing the glow from this
fungus, he thinks he's found one...

hidden inside.

But the fungus is
playing a trick on him.

The glow comes from
the fungus itself.

[BEETLE PATTERING]

Puzzled, he searches everywhere.

And gets covered in fungal spores.

He'll spread them
wherever he goes next.

Not reproducing himself, but helping
reproduce the fungus instead.

A light in the dark, can
also be a deadly trap.

In New Zealand, glow-worms
cling to the roof of a cave.

They shine out their strange lights
from within circles of hanging silk,

sticky with mucus.

Tiny flies are drawn to
the beautiful lights.

[FLY BUZZING]

Only to become glued to the
dangling strands and trapped.

Later, they'll be
reeled in for supper.

And the night brings magic,
on a much grander scale.

The sky seems to come alive.

Even when the sun is out of sight,
it makes its presence felt.

Its electrical energy powers a firework
display that lights up the planet.

The Aurora.

And there is another
light show on Earth.

One powered by us.

[TALKING OVER RADIO
STATIC, INDISTINCT]

We no longer have to
wait for sunrise.

We no longer need to
be afraid of the dark.

In our cities, we've created an endless
electrical daylight of our own.

We've broken away from the
rhythm of night and day.

As more and more of
us live this way,

it's easy for us to forget our
connection to the natural world.

[SIRENS IN DISTANCE]

Even, when it's on our doorstep.

[ANIMAL CHITTERING]

[DOG BARKING]

These raccoons in Toronto seem just
as home in the city, as we are.

[CHITTERING CONTINUES]

[CHITTERING]

[SPLASH]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

Not all creatures can adapt
so easily to our world.

But we humans can do
something to help.

We have the ability to appreciate
what no other animal on Earth can.

If we open our eyes, we can
see the magic all around us.

The extraordinary in the everyday.

[INSECT WINGS HUMMING]

We can see the fragile web that
connects us with all living things.

And understand that the
future of all life...

lies in our hands.

We have searched the far
reaches of space for wonders.

But instead, we found the most
wonderful things of all, back home.

Here, on our lucky planet.

Small and blue, spinning
in an ocean of stars.

In the whole universe,
as far as we know,

there's nowhere else with life.

Nothing more extraordinary...

than planet Earth.

Nothing more important to protect
than our one and only home.

And nothing more amazing than
what happens here, day after day.

[CHITTERING]

[PENGUINS CHATTERING]