Sunrise Earth

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

Yellowstone Geysers

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

Gator Hole

Alligators, egrets, wood storks and ravens enjoy the first rays of sunshine from a gator hole in the Everglades National

Bison Before Breakfast

Bison awaken and graze in Yellowstone National Park.

Sea of Terns

A colony of terns watches the sun rise in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, Massachusetts. This is the se

Vermont Balloons

Hot air balloons fly over Vermont's Green Mountains.

Alewives Eternal Return

Alewives make the dangerous trek from the freshwater lakes of New England to the Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Palms

Fisherman enjoy daybreak off the coast of Florida.

Swallow Sea Cave

Sunrise over a sea cave full of young anemones and coralline algae.

Yosemite Dawn

Dawn in Yosemite National Park.

Cribsworks Kayak

Early morning on the Penobscot River in Maine.

Sequoia Light

Giant sequoias welcome the sun in Sequoia National Park in California

Sunrise Seal Colony

Elephant seals crawl up the beach at California's Point Reyes National Seashore to soak up the first drops of sunshine a

Lobster Village

Lobster fishermen begin their day in New Harbor, Maine

Western Ranch

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

Everglades River of Grass

Pahayokee, Everglade National Park, Florida. Savannah-like open sawgrass prairie stretches as far as the eye can see, pu

Wildflower Elk

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

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 Ma

Milk Cows in the Morning

San Francisco Tai Chi

Teton Beaver

Schwabacher's Landing, Moose, Wyoming — The nocturnal beavers have settled into a small tributary under the sheer cirq

Manatee Spring

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

Island First Light

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine — At 1,532 feet, this is the highest vantage point along the North Atla

Sunrise East

Eastern U.S. — The sun hits the Atlantic seaboard five hours after the western coast of Europe, and a wide range of ha

Sunrise West

Western U.S. — Crossing the North American continent in a scant four hours, dawn settles on the Great Plains, the Rock

Katmai Bears

After seven months of hibernation, the world's largest population of brown bears is ready for some sun in the Katmai Nat

Volcano Lagoon

Homer Takeoff

Fog envelopes Beluga Lake in Homer, Alaska, but dissipates as the sun rises and seaplanes take to the sky.

Ninagiak Island

Glacier of Kenai Fjords

Perched in the dawn hours along the terminal moraine of Kenai Fjords National Park's largest tidewater glacier are blue

Mayan Pyramid

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

Birds of Palo Verde

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

Cloudforest Waterfall

La Paz River, Vara Blanca, Costa Rica — The crater lake of the Poas Volcano drains from 9,000 feet into this high alti

Playa Grande Moonset

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

Dawn of Cerro de la Muerte

Angkor Temples of Khmer Kings

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

Li River Cormorants

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

PingAn Rice Paddies

Frogs, spiders, and birds wake to the morning sun on a terraced farm near PingAn, China. Take in the morning activities

Buddhists of Wat Svay

Siem Reap, China Every culture has its own connection to the natural world at dawn. In Siem Reap, Cambodia, the chants o

Elephant Trunk Park

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

Scandinavian Waterfall

A new day comes to Gullfoss, Iceland. Sunrise: Nature's alarm clock for the land, the sea, and the myriad of creatures

Foothills of Turkey

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

Stonehenge Dawn

The Salisbury Plain in the United Kingdom is the site of one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Stoneheng

Mediterranean Port

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

Icelandic Geysir

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

Argentinean Seal Pups

Day breaks in a slice of red over the Southern Atlantic Ocean Península Valdés, Argentina and a colony of southern ele

Peruvian Rainforest Canopy

Tambopata, Peru Two hundred feet high in the canopy of Peruvian rainforest, a pink and distant light encroaches. The den

Andrean 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

Amazon Parakeets

Patagonian Penguins

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

Christmas Lights

A holiday-themed show featuring the last hours of sunlight, instead of the first. Locations across the United States are

Total Eclipse

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

Polar Bears

Polar bears congregate in Cape Churchill, Manitoba in Canada.

Secrets of the Sun

Scientists are interviewed as an examination of the sun and its impact on the Earth and its inhabitants.

Haleakala Crater

Hakeakala volcano, though large and potentially deadly, is one of the most peaceful places on earth.

Society Island Sunrise

Sunrise over Huahine includes a rainbow.

New Zealand Frost

Dawn pierces a lavender sky on the South Island of New Zealand. We are alongside a serene glacial lake in the Southern A

Japanese Garden

The Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu City.

High Desert Arches

The Arches National Park in Utah

Midnight Sun of Svalbard

The Svalbard group of islands in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole.

Vancouver Inside Passage

The dawn activities of wildlife in northern Vancouver.

Venetian Canals

Venice, Italy Many have called this Old World maritime center the most beautiful city on earth. Millions visit each year

The Skelligs of Ireland

Seven miles off the Irish coast stands a pair of imposing rocks known as Little Skellig and Skillig Michael, where early

Great Barrier Reef

The sun jumps directly into the sky at the Tropic of Capricorn.

Total Solar Eclipse

This program records the events of one total solar eclipse, that of March 29th, 2006 as it happens in two locations on t

Angkor Temples of Khmer Kings