Sunrise Earth

Seasons

2004

USA

8.9

Sunrise Earth: Portraits of our Planet takes you around the world at dawn. Wake up with the creatures that inhabit some of the planet's most beautiful places: Siam, China, Venice, New Zealand, and Peru. See morning like you've never seen it before!

Episode List

S1 • E1

Moose in the Morning

The sun rises as moose graze in Kidney Pond in Maine, under the shadow of the 4,000 ft. peak of Katahdin Mountain.

S1 • E2

Yellowstone Geysers

Sunrise in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Locations include Black Sands Basin, Firehole River, Midway Geyser Basin, Lower Geyser Basin, and Riverside Geyser.

S1 • E3

Gator Hole

Everglade National Park in Florida is the scene of this sunrise at Anhinga Pond. Alligators, snowy egrets, wood storks, and ravens are found as the sun enlightens the day.

S1 • E4

Bison Before Breakfast

Lamar Valley in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park sees the sun rise on some grazing bison.

S1 • E5

Sea of Terns

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 Atlantic coast, with over 17,000 birds.

S1 • E6

Vermont Balloons

The rising sun shows the graceful beauty of hot air balloons over Quechee Gorge in Vermont.

S1 • E7

Alewife Eternal Return

Alewives return to the freshwater lakes of Damariscotta Mills, Maine.

S1 • E8

Tropical Palms

The sun rises on palm trees on the Crystal River on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

S1 • E9

Swallow Sea Cave

Cave swallows dart to and fro during sunrise on the coast of Maine.

S1 • E10

Yosemite Dawn

The Yosemite Valley in California is the site of sunrise in this episode, including views of Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan, and Half Dome.

S1 • E11

Cribworks Kayak

S1 • E12

Sequoia Light

Giant sequoias welcome the sun in Sequoia National Park in California.

S1 • E13

Sunrise Seal Colony

Elephant seals return from hunting expeditions at Chimney Point in the Point Reyes National Seashore in California.

S1 • E14

Lobster Village

Lobster fishermen begin their day in New Harbor, Maine.

S1 • E15

Western Ranch

The Triangle X Ranch in Moose, Wyoming welcomes the new day as horses graze in the pasture and geese pass overhead.

S1 • E16

Everglades River of Grass

Sawgrass rustles in the breeze in the Everglade National Park in Florida, as birds call out their morning reports.

S1 • E17

Wildflower Elk

Watch Tule elk at sunrise in the Tule Elk Preserve in California.

S1 • E18

Edge of the Atlantic

The sun rises over the incoming waves on the Atlantic coast at Coast Guard Beach at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.

S1 • E19

Milk Cows in the Morning

Jersey milking cows graze in a pasture on the Billings Farm in Woodstock, Vermont.

S1 • E20

San Francisco Tai Chi

People practicing the movements of Tai Chi with San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

S1 • E21

Teton Beaver

S1 • E22

Manatee Spring

The Homosassa Spring on the Gulf coast of Florida is home to West Indian manatees.

S1 • E23

Island First Light

The first part of the United States to receive sunlight during certain times of the year is the peak of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park.

S1 • E24

Sunrise East

The Atlantic coastline from the Everglades in Florida to the coast of Maine is the setting for the rise of the sun.

S1 • E25

Sunrise West

Various locations on the western side of the United States are featured as they welcome the new day. Yellowstone geysers, the Tetons, the Yosemite Valley, and more are shown in all their morning splendor.