Viewing campaigns resulted in spectacular footage from the 1999, 2001 and 2002, storms producing up to 3,000 Leonid meteors per hour.

'If we do bring our section up above sea level, it won't be there for long - ' ' - but long enough for some spectacular footage?'

They dump fluorescent green dye into industrial outfalls so that news choppers can hover overhead and get spectacular footage of how pollution spreads.

The fact that spectacular footage of explosions can be shown just adds to that.

NOVA obtained spectacular footage of the storm's center--a canyon of clear blue sky surrounded by a wall of clouds 10 miles high.

Broken toes and altitude sickness were part of the price they paid for working with a small crew and risking their lives for spectacular footage, they said.

It has very active glaciers that are calving like crazy and the Frozen Planet crew has shot some spectacular footage of the retreating glaciers on a time-lapse camera.

Some of the most spectacular footage came out of Providence harbor in Rhode Island, where a tanker caught in the winds exploded in the harbour while unloading gasoline.

The documentary also contains some of the most spectacular live footage yet seen of the band, filmed in all of those locations and beyond.

Its consensus stated: "With its spectacular and extensive footage, Earth is both informative and entertaining."