主演:DavidAttenborough
导演:JoeLoncraine
简介:Luminousbeings,creatureswiththeirowninternallight,enchantandastonishus.Anyonewhohasseenafireflyoraglow-wormcannothelpbutfallundertheirspell.Theseaatnightsparklesasmillionsofluminousplanktonrevealtheshapesofdolphinsinatrulymagicallightshow.
Butwhydoanimalsproducelivinglight?Forcenturieswecouldonlymarvelatthebeautyandthemystery,butnowforthefirsttimewecanbegintorevealtheamazingtruthaboutlivinglights.Ithastakenthreecrucialtechnologicalbreakthroughs.Firstly,colourcamerashaveimproveddramatically;theyarenowover4,000timesmoresensitivethanadecadeago.Thecamerasaresosensitivetheyarerevealingstartlingdiscoveriesthatuntilnowwecouldnotsee.Secondly,scientistshaveenteredtheunknownworldoftheboundlessdeepopenoceanwiththehelpofanewgenerationofsubmersiblesandrobots.Thirdly,AmmoniteFilmshaveinventedandbuiltaseriesofuniquecamerasthatcancapturethefaintestephemeralglowofluminouslife.
Bycombiningthesethreeinnovations,thisfilmshowscreaturesandbehavioursneverseenbefore.SirDavidAttenboroughisourguideasweventureintoanewhithertounseenworld.Bioluminescenceiseverywhere:inthesoil,onthelandandthroughouttheoceans.
JoinSirDavidAttenboroughandateamoftheworld"sleadingscientistsanddeepseaexplorersonaquesttorevealthesecretsoflivinglights..