Sunrise Earth - Season 1 - Eps 38: 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.
About Sunrise Earth
Title: Sunrise Earth
First Air Date: 2004-09-27
Last Air Date: 2010-04-11
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 103
Network: Velocity
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Sunrise Earth is a nature documentary television series featuring hour-long episodes that aired in the United States on Discovery HD Theater, now renamed HD Theater. The series focuses on presenting the viewer with sunrises in various geographical locations throughout the world. It is also notable for its complete lack of human narration, concentrating instead on the natural sounds of each episodes' specific location. High-definition video images and Dolby 5.1 stereo surround sound are used to present each natural environment in a clear and detailed manner. The show is an example of the genre known as "Experiential TV", developed by series creator David Conover. The technique has been described by TV critic Tom Shales as "crazily uneventful and thoroughly wonderful."
