The sun rises as a mother grazes beneath Maine's Kidney Pond surface while her playful calf watches from the shore, under the shadow of the 4,000 ft. peak of... read more
The geysers of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, welcome the sunrise with steam and shooting water. Locations include Black Sands Basin, Firehole River, Mi... read more
A colony of terns watches the sun rise in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, Massachusetts. This is the second-largest colony of terns on the A... read more
Yosemite Valley sunrise in California's Yosemite National Park, with views of Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan, and Half Dome. Yosemite's dramatic waterfalls, r... read more
Elephant seals crawl up the beach at California's Point Reyes National Seashore to soak up the first drops of sunshine at this seal colony at Chimney Point, ... read more
The Triangle X Ranch in Moose, Wyoming welcomes the new day geese pass overhead, and horses graze in the wide-open pasture land overlooking the Snake River a... read more
Pahayokee, Everglade National Park, Florida. Savannah-like open sawgrass prairie stretches as far as the eye can see, punctuated by the occasional cypress tr... read more
Schwabacher's Landing, Moose, Wyoming — The nocturnal beavers have settled into a small tributary under the sheer cirque walls, rugged ridges and jagged peak... read more
Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine — At 1,532 feet, this is the highest vantage point along the North Atlantic seaboard. During certain times of ... read more
Eastern U.S. — The sun hits the Atlantic seaboard five hours after the western coast of Europe, and a wide range of habitats begin the shift from the nocturn... read more
Western U.S. — Crossing the North American continent in a scant four hours, dawn settles on the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the coastal ranges and... read more
Halo Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska. After seven months of hibernation, the world's largest population of brown bears is ready for some sun in the Katmai ... read more
Nearly 40 glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjord's crowning feature. Perched in the dawn hours along the terminal moraine of Kenai Fjords Natio... read more
La Paz River, Vara Blanca, Costa Rica — The crater lake of the Poas Volcano drains from 9,000 feet into this high altitude cloudforest ravine. Stepping downw... read more
The temples of Angkor in Cambodia are lit by the rising sun. Published by Discovery Channel broadcast as part of DC Sunrise Earth International series in 2006.
Frogs, spiders, and birds wake to the morning sun on a terraced farm near PingAn, China. Take in the morning activities of the Dragon's Backbone, a stunning ... read more
Every culture has its own connection to the natural world at dawn. In Siem Reap, Cambodia, the chants of monks echo from within a Theravada Buddhist monaster... read more
The Salisbury Plain in the United Kingdom is the site of one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Stonehenge is thought to be a sun-based calend... read more
Tambopata, Peru Two hundred feet high in the canopy of Peruvian rainforest, a pink and distant light encroaches. The dense forest holds the dawn air. The fer... read more
A holiday-themed show featuring the last hours of sunlight, instead of the first. Locations across the United States are highlighted, from New York to Alaska.
This program records the events of one total solar eclipse, that of March 29th, 2006 as it happens in two locations on the planet. We travel to Natel, Brazil... read more
Seven miles off the Irish coast stands a pair of imposing rocks known as Little Skellig and Skillig Michael, where early morning light sihouettes stone huts ... read more
Dawn pierces a lavender sky on the South Island of New Zealand. We are alongside a serene glacial lake in the Southern Alps, called Lake Wakatipu, and are en... read more
Venice, Italy Many have called this Old World maritime center the most beautiful city on earth. Millions visit each year, attracted by the image of a romanti... read more
This program records the events of one total solar eclipse, that of March 29th, 2006 as it happens in two locations on the planet. We travel to Natel, Brazil... read more