Experience Earth as never before with groundbreaking footage of our planet and its wildlife…….. For those of you who have not had the opportunity to watch this series, it is definitely well recommended!
Planet Earth is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Alastair Fothergill. It was also the first of its kind to be filmed almost entirely in high-definition format. Some sequences, particularly in episodes 6–11, are notable for their potentially disturbing content. Examples include a lone elephant being brought down by lions. This was filmed in Savuti, Botswana.
Episode 7 – The Great Plains
This specific episode deals with savanna, steppe and tundra and looks at the importance of grasses in such treeless ecosystems. These vast expanses contain the largest concentration of animal life. The final sequence depicts the African savannah and elephants that are forced to share a waterhole with a pride of thirty lions. The insufficient water makes it an uneasy alliance and the lions gain the upper hand during the night when their hunger drives them to hunt and eventually kill one of the pachyderms. Planet Earth Diaries explains how the lion hunt was filmed in darkness using infrared lights.Leigh and I had the wonderful and unique opportunity to be staying at Savuti Safari Lodge while the Planet Earth crew were filming this segment (Oct 2005). The nights were electric as the tension between the Savuti pride of lions and elephants intensified. Standing on our balcony we could see the infrared lights of the filming crew -across the dry riverbed – the entire night was filled with trumpeting of the elephants and deep growls from the lions….. The lions did not kill an elephant that night.We heard later that the kill had taken place in the evening of the day we left.I was in two minds about not seeing the kill – part of me was relieved and grateful but another part of me was curious to see this epic struggle that has caught the attention of film-makers around the world!
Leigh and Sharon in Savuti
Planet Earth is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Alastair Fothergill. It was also the first of its kind to be filmed almost entirely in high-definition format. Some sequences, particularly in episodes 6–11, are notable for their potentially disturbing content. Examples include a lone elephant being brought down by lions. This was filmed in Savuti, Botswana.
Episode 7 – The Great Plains
This specific episode deals with savanna, steppe and tundra and looks at the importance of grasses in such treeless ecosystems. These vast expanses contain the largest concentration of animal life. The final sequence depicts the African savannah and elephants that are forced to share a waterhole with a pride of thirty lions. The insufficient water makes it an uneasy alliance and the lions gain the upper hand during the night when their hunger drives them to hunt and eventually kill one of the pachyderms. Planet Earth Diaries explains how the lion hunt was filmed in darkness using infrared lights.Leigh and I had the wonderful and unique opportunity to be staying at Savuti Safari Lodge while the Planet Earth crew were filming this segment (Oct 2005). The nights were electric as the tension between the Savuti pride of lions and elephants intensified. Standing on our balcony we could see the infrared lights of the filming crew -across the dry riverbed – the entire night was filled with trumpeting of the elephants and deep growls from the lions….. The lions did not kill an elephant that night.We heard later that the kill had taken place in the evening of the day we left.I was in two minds about not seeing the kill – part of me was relieved and grateful but another part of me was curious to see this epic struggle that has caught the attention of film-makers around the world!
Leigh and Sharon in Savuti
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