Sunrise Earth Season 3, Episode 21: Amazon Parakeets

Mayan Pyramid

The National Park of Tikal in Guatemala is home to Mayan Pyramids, where howler monkeys, parrots, and toucans welcome the new day.

53 min

Birds of Palo Verde

A wide variety of birds mingle in the Tempisque Basin of Costa Rica's Palo Verde National Park.

53 min

Cloudforest Waterfall

The crater lake of the Poas Volcano drains from 9,000 feet into this high altitude cloudforest ravine. Stepping downward through a series of five waterfalls, we descend as the sun rises. Rays of light catch suspended water particles from the falling water, as green threads of life cling to sodden cliff walls. From within its pupa, an owl butterfly emerges with the increasing warmth of day, pumping fluid into its silken wings. Through the last rock opening, the water and sun burst out and down towards a restful pool, the famous La Paz waterfall.

53 min

Playa Grande Moonset

The moon sinks into the ocean in the Marino Las Baulas National Park in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

53 min

Dawn of Cerro de La Muerte

53 min

Total Eclipse

The life-cycle of a solar eclipse and how it affects the world below.

53 min

Angkor Temples of Khmer Kings

The temples of Angkor in Cambodia are lit by the rising sun.

53 min

Li River Cormorants

Trained Cormorants catch fish for fishermen on the Li River near Xingping, China.

53 min

PingAn Rice Paddies

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 sixty-six square kilometers of crop terraces hand-cultivated by 800 farmers that snake up over a thousand feet of vertical altitude. These are marks of the Zhuang people.

53 min

Buddhists of Wat Svay

The morning chants of monks echo from within a Theravada Buddhist monastery, near the community’s busy crossroads. A vibrant pigeon roost is found on the pagoda’s rooftop, amidst ornamental carvings. School children wander among the votive stupas, maintaining the grounds. A spectacular rainbow soars over the temple.

53 min

Elephant Trunk Park

Morning exercises similar to Tai Chi in Elephant Trunk Park in Guilin, China.

53 min

Foothills of Turkey

The sun casts its light on a farming village in Aspendos, Turkey.

51 min

Scandinavian Waterfall

A new day comes to Gullfoss, Iceland.

51 min

Stonehenge Dawn

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 calendar, so it's only fitting for a sunrise to be recorded here.

51 min

Mediterranean Port

The sun rises on a port in Antalya, Turkey and the lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt.

51 min

Icelandic Geysir

A geyser in Iceland is shown in the first morning sunlight.

51 min

Polar Bears

Polar bears congregate in Cape Churchill, Manitoba in Canada.

51 min

Argentinean Seal Pups

Day breaks in a slice of red over the Southern Atlantic Ocean Península Valdés, Argentina and a colony of southern elephant seals and its new pups.

51 min

Peruvian Rainforest Canopy

Two hundred feet high in the canopy of Peruvian rainforest, a pink and distant light encroaches. The dense forest holds the dawn air.

51 min

Andean Dawn at Machu Picchu

The center of the Incan empire, Machu Picchu in Peru, is shown as the sun rises on this city high in the Andes Mountains.

51 min

Patagonian Penguins

The largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world welcomes a new day near Punta Tomba, Argentina.

51 min