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Lake St. Claire on the U.S./Canada border appears heart-shaped from space.
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Lake St. Claire on the U.S./Canada border appears heart-shaped from space.

“Moving Planet” Encore Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch the series now with KPBS Passport!

Behold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.This extraordinary viewpoint reveals amazing events happening every day in both the natural and human worlds. From the intimate to the epic, the surprising to the familiar, LIFE FROM ABOVE offers a rare look at Earth, its landscapes and its inhabitants that goes beyond what we thought we knew.

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Shaolin Kung-Fu students put on a display of strength and coordination in Dengfeng, China.
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Shaolin Kung-Fu students put on a display of strength and coordination in Dengfeng, China.

Episode 1: “Moving Planet” Encore Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV - See new footage of the greatest, most beautiful and powerful movements on our planet. Cameras in space capture events like an elephant family's struggle through drought, and thousands of Shaolin Kung-Fu students performing in perfect synchronicity.

Elephants Struggling Through Drought

Episode 2: “Colorful Planet” Stream now with KPBS Passport - View Earth's kaleidoscope of colors as seen from space. Swirls of turquoise phytoplankton trigger an oceanic feeding frenzy, China turns yellow as millions of flowers bloom, and at night the waters near Argentina are spotted with green lights.

China’s Yellow Fields

Episode 3: “Patterned Planet” Stream now with KPBS Passport - Discover the weird and wonderful shapes that cover Earth's surface as seen from space. The Australian outback is covered in pale spots thanks to digging wombats, and hundreds of elephants tear into the endless green of the Congo forest canopy.

The Desert Transforms

Episode 4: “Changing Planet” Stream now with KPBS Passport - Take a fresh look at our fragile planet and see just how much it's changing. Cameras in space show growing cities, disappearing forests and melting glaciers, but one country regenerated a landscape and helped save a chimpanzee family.

Human Change

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All four episodes are available to stream on demand with KPBS Passport, a benefit for members supporting KPBS at $60 or more yearly, using your computer, smartphone, tablet, Roku, AppleTV, Amazon Fire or Chromecast. Learn how to activate your benefit now.

In Bangladesh, fisherman use otters to corral fish into nets.
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In Bangladesh, fisherman use otters to corral fish into nets.

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