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Taking the camera for its first test underwater was a tense moment
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Attenborough's Life in Colour

Taking the camera for its firsttest underwater was a tense moment

Taking the camera for its first
test underwater was a tense moment

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Taking the camera for its first test underwater was a tense moment.
Duration
6 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:52
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Humble Bee Films,SeaLight Pictures

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Movie Summary

Exploring the many ways animals use colour throughout their lives.
S01 • E01 Computers and salt water don't usually mix well. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
Computers and salt water don't usually mix well.
S01 • E02 Almost half of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
Almost half of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef
S01 • E01 Having found a suitable spot, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
Having found a suitable spot,
S01 • E02 But in the last decade, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
But in the last decade,
S01 • E02 We're just beginning to realise - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
We're just beginning to realise
S01 • E01 So, we're looking for a hole with coral around it. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
So, we're looking for a hole with coral around it.
S01 • E02 Jorg is studying how this works. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
Jorg is studying how this works.
S01 • E02 This coral has lost its algal symbionts, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
This coral has lost its algal symbionts,
S01 • E01 As the shrimp turns, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
As the shrimp turns,
S01 • E02 The coral produces these pigments to protect the remaining algae - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
The coral produces these pigments to protect the remaining a...
S01 • E02 So they act as a sort of sunscreen for the symbiont algae. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
So they act as a sort of sunscreen for the symbiont algae.
S01 • E02 This coral sunscreen makes it more likely that the bleached coral - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:14
This coral sunscreen makes it more likely that the bleached ...
S01 • E01 ..we've been able to do this with this very special camera. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
..we've been able to do this with this very special cam...
S01 • E01 The light on the ocean floor is unpolarised. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
The light on the ocean floor is unpolarised.
S01 • E01 So, in complete reverse to the fiddler crabs, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
So, in complete reverse to the fiddler crabs,
S01 • E02 But even this extraordinary adaptation is not enough - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
But even this extraordinary adaptation is not enough
S01 • E02 If corals have been exposed only to mild stress, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
If corals have been exposed only to mild stress,
S01 • E01 Special pigments polarise the light reflected from parts of their body, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:11
Special pigments polarise the light reflected from parts of ...
S01 • E02 But if corals are subjected to prolonged - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:12
But if corals are subjected to prolonged
S01 • E01 This camera has revealed to us a first glimpse into a world of light - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
This camera has revealed to us a first glimpse into a world ...