Sunrise Earth: Alaska (Blu-ray Disc, 2012) and similar items

Factory Sealed Band New Blu-ray Our SKKU A-SHD.3--4oz Sunrise Earth Sunrise. Nature's alarm clock for the land, the sea, and the myriad of creatures who call our planet home. Accompany us on a tranquil high definition journey into the landscape itself as we enjoy the sights and the ambient sounds associated with the first light of a new day dawning. Katmai Bears Halo Bay, Katmai National Park, AlaskaThey've had seven months of sleep, but now the world's largest population of unhunted brown bears are ready for the sun. They begin the morning in the meadow, playfully mating and grazing on the high protein tidal sedge. A bounding three year-old searches for Mom. The sun rises. The tide drops, Clam flats and the first tasty salmon of the season are revealed. Bears stake out their spot on the beach. Two males posture with "the cowboy walk." The cub's claws grip and nurse for mom's high-fat milk. Adolescents chase each other at 35 mph for miles. Sleep lies distant. Volcano Lagoon Augustine volcano, Alaska A tidal lagoon flushes its night load of water under the shadow of the Augustine volcano, a perfect cone that last erupted in 1986. This is a land where the earth quakes -on average- every thirty sunrises. Yet nearby harbor seals are nonplussed. They lazily haul out to dry in the morning breeze. Tiny details of a spun web and lichen contrast the grand sky. Fireweed reclaims the blackened soil, while a distant strand of steam wisps its way into a cloudless sky. Homer Takeoff Beluga Lake, Homer, AlaskaA few days after summer solstice and the red-necked grebes tend their nest. Ground fog drifts past the swimming birds, rarely airborne. Building materials arrive at one site, while newly-hatched chicks piggyback on the mother who leaves another. On the stillwater, shoreside floatplanes await their day's load. The sun appears and the fog lifts. A pilot taxis and takes off into the fresh Alaskan sky. The grebes strut in late courtship, then start to dive for fish among the reeds. Glacier of Kenai Fjords Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, AlaskaPerched in the dawn hours along the terminal moraine of this park's largest tidewater glacier, we look up at the cool blue cracks of ice...flowing toward the sea and toward us. Scattered on the jet-black beach are icebergs, blocks, and bergy bits. They are the debris of last night, broken under the pressure of this four mile long river of ice and the Harding Icefield above. The warmth of a new day seeps through a moody sky. With a thunderous explosion, air trapped for millennia is released into the present. Glaucous gulls scatter. Ice splashes into the sea. A short-range tsunami surges towards the nearby beach. When the tumult pauses, we hear the second river, Meltwater.