24 Hours on Earth
2014 · 48 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 59 VOTES
Overview
The changing position of the sun in the sky affects the behaviour of animals and plants across our planet. From the moment it rises, animals are waiting, ready to take advantage of the opportunities that the sun creates. A quirky chameleon uses solar power to survive, while a family of lemurs get a morning heat fix. But, as the day progresses and the sun climbs higher in the sky, becoming more powerful, animals must also react as it pushes them toward moments of crisis. As the sun sets and its great heat and light are extinguished, a night-time world wakes, full of characters who have carved a niche in the darkness. But even in the dead of night, the sun is not lost. Its rays are reflected in the moon, our 'ghost sun.' We take the rising and setting of the sun for granted, but it is the ultimate game changer. The way the natural world responds will be the difference between success and failure, life or death.
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00:00:04 The sun.
00:02:25 HOOTING
00:05:13 ..flick the switch
00:07:40 the current moving past the mouth of the bay brings rich pickings.
00:10:24 illuminating the shadowy depths
00:12:36 A much-needed morning heat fix.
00:14:45 it becomes a reptilian solar panel.
00:16:31 but they're stuffed full from the night's hunt.
00:19:12 its intensity
00:22:01 Shade is hard to come by in the Namibian sand dunes.
00:24:41 Absorbing lake algae into its body
00:26:34 Partial to the marrow found inside them.
00:29:04 ..a polar bear, right at the top of the Earth
00:32:44 Even the lives of the greatest travellers are ruled by the sun.
00:35:13 Late afternoon.
00:37:21 Hyrax look like rodents
00:39:13 There won't be hyrax on the menu tonight.
00:41:52 Lightning.
00:44:00 has not yet flown to its roost.
00:47:19 ..for the first time, the planet is in true darkness.
00:49:57 A ghost sun.
00:52:24 from a palm-sized primate.
00:55:02 of empty space, to reach the Earth.
00:57:52 ..on our extraordinary planet.