Life on Earth Filming Locations

Life on Earth filming locations

Where was Life on Earth filmed? Life on Earth was filmed in 51 locations across Bermuda, Brazil, Australia, Canada, United States, Comoros, Ecuador, South Africa, France, Iceland, United Kingdom, Japan, Madagascar, Tanzania, Morocco, New Caledonia, Rwanda, Gibraltar, Germany, Vatican City, Iraq and Venezuela in the following places:

Life on Earth Filming Locations

Bermuda is a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its pink-sand beaches such as Elbow Beach and Horseshoe Bay. Its massive Royal Naval Dockyard complex combines modern attractions like the interactive Dolphin Quest with maritime history at the National Museum of Bermuda. The island has a distinctive blend of British and American culture, which can be found in the capital, Hamilton.

Cape Canaveral is a city on Florida's Atlantic coast. The Kennedy Space Center, north of the city, features a NASA shuttle launch simulation and astronaut memorabilia. The Air Force Space and Missile Museum offers rocket exhibits. On the banks of the Banana River, the Manatee Sanctuary Park has a waterfront boardwalk. Nearby Port Canaveral is home to the Exploration Tower, with a 7th-floor observation deck.

Cape May is a city and seaside resort at the tip of southern New Jersey’s Cape May Peninsula. It’s known for its grand Victorian houses such as the Emlen Physick Estate, now a museum with a preserved interior from the era. Shops and restaurants line the Washington Street Mall, 3 pedestrianized blocks of Washington Street. The Cape May Lighthouse provides views across the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean.

The Comoros is a volcanic archipelago off Africa’s east coast, in the warm Indian Ocean waters of the Mozambique Channel. The nation state’s largest island, Grande Comore (Ngazidja) is ringed by beaches and old lava from active Mt. Karthala volcano. Around the port and medina in the capital, Moroni, are carved doors and a white colonnaded mosque, the Ancienne Mosquée du Vendredi, recalling the islands’ Arab heritage.

Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers.

Flinders Ranges is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the mountain range of the same name, about 380 km north of the state capital of Adelaide, about 86 km north-east of the municipal seat in Quorn and about 131 km north-east of the regional centre of Port Augusta.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres.

Iceland, a Nordic island nation, is defined by its dramatic landscape with volcanoes, geysers, hot springs and lava fields. Massive glaciers are protected in Vatnajökull and Snæfellsjökull national parks. Most of the population lives in the capital, Reykjavik, which runs on geothermal power and is home to the National and Saga museums, tracing Iceland’s Viking history.

Life on Earth (1979)
Alternate title: Planet Erde - Das Leben auf unserer Erde
Runtime: 54 minutes
Rating: 9.1
Release year: 1979
IMDB: tt0135095
Plot summary

David Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet.

Genres
Documentary
Cast
David Attenborough
Directors
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Life on Earth filming locations