For those of you who have already caught the first three installments of BBC/Discovery Channel's Planet Earth you already know what I'm talking about, but for those of you who haven't seen them yet, have I got some news for you. Planet Earth is an eleven part series of different natural themes on the globe. It really is the world as you've never seen it before. In the second episode not only do they have intimate shots of a snow leopard in the Himalayas (which I've only ever seen one other program on), but they filmed an entire hunt and chase straight down the mountain face. Its better then almost any action scene in the movies.
Before each episode they have a little thing about how long they worked on this program and how many different locations they used and the end product is astounding. Not only is it great, but they are broadcasting it in HD and it is the best HD presentation I have ever seen. Many of the images look like you might be standing 20 feet away from a certain animal, but the picture is even better than you could make out with the naked eye. Its spectacular. I might have to get an HD DVD player just for this when they release the program in HD.
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