BBC Releases Blue Planet II

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One of the most beloved nature documentary series is back with a second installment. Sixteen years after the original series aired, Blue Planet II dives back into the ocean to take another look into the least explored part of the planet. Using newly developed diving and submarine technologies, the Blue Planet team captures oceanic events previously undocumented, or invisible to the naked eye.

Over four years of filming, Blue Planet II consisted of 125 expeditions, visited 39 countries, and filmed on every continent and across every ocean. Divers spent over 6,000 hours diving underwater, filming everywhere from familiar shores to the deepest seas.

The BBC sequel series aired in the United States January 20 to almost 3 million viewers, with the final episode set to air March 10. Consisting of seven episodes, Blue Planet II goes back to revisit old favorites from the original documentary, like the ever-mysterious deep sea and coral reef cities, catching up with the sea life from the original series, and discovering new ways of life in these regions. This series also looks at new areas of the ocean; diving into the green seas for the first time gives viewers a peek into life in a grassy sea, including the on-going battle for survival between shark and octopus.

Blue Planet II also boasts a long list of “filming firsts”, recording a Tuskfish using a coral anvil as a tool to open his daily meal of clams, an octopus creating a coat of shells to hide in plain sight, giant Trevally that fly out of the water to snatch seabirds in mid-air, and more once hidden underwater moments.

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