Watch: BBC crew caught in Mount Etna explosion, captured the moment on camera

A group of tourists have suffered minor injuries after they were caught up in the erupting volcano Mount Etna in Sicily. BBC team was among the group, recording. And when the volcano burst out, they caught the explosion on camera. BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle was at the scene, and she described the event. When […]

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The BBC used IR RED, thermal imaging and Sony A7S cameras to get night shots for Planet Earth 2

The BBC is renowned for its stunning wildlife sequences. Every time they release a new wildlife series, especially one narrated by David Attenborough, the visuals are stunning. We are shown wildlife in a way we’ve never seen before. They use or invent technology that hadn’t even existed just a few years earlier. They really are on […]

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Planet Earth II is BBC’s most cinematic series yet

  When it was first broadcasted in 2006, BBC’s series Planet Earth was truly groundbreaking. And now, more than ten years later, there is its brand new sequel – Planet Earth II. It’s the most cinematic wildlife film yet. You could sit back and watch it, and feel like you’re watching a movie. But what’s […]

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BBC takes hidden cameras to new levels putting them inside in animatronic animals

Using hidden cameras to capture video and photographs of wildlife has been going on for years. There’s been a change over the last few years, though. Moving cameras capture more interest. As does being able to get right into the thick of it with the animals, rather than simply hoping they walk by your camera. […]

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This is how Planet Earth II’s iguana chase scene was shot

If there’s one “triumphant underdog” story that’s been popular this week, it’s this one. The footage from BBC’s Planet Earth 2 series of the young marine iguana escaping the snakes on the beach. If you haven’t seen it, don’t worry, I’ve embedded it below. Shot in the Galapagos Islands, it’s an incredible sequence of events, shot […]

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How a perfectly composed and chaotic New Year’s photo went viral

What do you do when you’re the one responsible for making a photo go viral across the globe? Well, if you’re Roland Hughes, Senior Producer for BBC’s website, you document every facet of the experience and share how a single image hidden in a gallery of a local newspaper skyrocketed into popularity with the help […]

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Time-lapse Shows a ‘Brinincle’ Freezing All Life In Its Path

It might be a few years old, but when we came across the ‘icicle of death,’ we couldn’t help but to want to share it with you. Filmed by Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson for BBC One’s Frozen Planet series, this strange phenomenon is the result of extremely cold brine sinking to the bottom of […]

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