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Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears
Video: Fire on the Mountain

In the high alpine meadows of the Drakensberg, eland graze on the lush grasses. But this area is a danger zone. The air at these altitudes is so dry that rain evaporates before it hits the ground. A lightning strike ignites a fire that quickly engulfs the mountain in thick smoke, destroying the eland’s precious pasture.

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Co -- February 5th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

thats so awesome but getting through all
that smoke would be hard work

Martyn Armitage -- February 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

Started watching Drakensberg, but quit. Why have a narrator if the soundtrack is so loud that it drowns them out. I tune in to nature shows to see and hear about nature, not be deafened by music inappropriate to the subject.

Jodi A Sorensen -- February 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

Just finished watching Drakensberg – loved it! Excellent photography, narration and music (which by the way I thought to be very appropriate). In fact that’s why I came to this site – to see if I could find out who did the music?

sulayman -- February 8th, 2009 at 10:16 pm

i thouthe that you will have a fire blast but you didint i saw you on nature today feberuary sunday 8 2009 thankyou too show us the movie thankyou from sulayman al-jaidi

sulayman -- February 8th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

i already watched nature and it was cool that infact i also liked the music of nature the fire blast that it hurt little bit of animals like raindeer and other animals infact i watch evertime nature i like it

nikydra -- February 12th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

i think this was a very cool because i just learned about volcanoes in school and i actually did my project on volcanoes in hawaii so i really could connect to this video!

Co -- February 16th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

what is that oh that is the money you can
be saving whith geico
geico.

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