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May 18, 2000
Update: Tropical Downpour
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Heavy rains have eroded the Ankarana Plateau into
caves and canyons topped by sharp rock formations
known as tsingy.
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Following is the transcript of a voice call received this
afternoon from producer Peter Tyson, who is on location in
the Ankarana Reserve.
Peter Tyson voice call:
I arrived in the Ankarana Reserve after 48 hours of travel
from Boston to Paris to Antananarivo, the capital of
Madagascar, then took another flight up to Diego Suarez in the
north, got a car and drove south to the Reserve, which we
reached yesterday around 4 pm here, about 9 am Eastern
Standard Time.
Nick Gordon, the cinematographer, is here filming the crowned lemurs
along with his camera assistant
Neil Shaw
and the Malagasy guides
Angelin
and
Angeluc
Razafimanantsoa.
Angeluc and I took a hike this morning. It was about a
one-hour, five-mile hike and we shot some pictures of the
severely eroded limestone pinnacles known as the tsingy up
there. We got back late this morning and I've been working on
computer problems ever since.
Malagasy guide Angeluc Razafimanantsoa steps
carefully across the tsingy.
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We had a big rainstorm today. Normally it's pretty dry here,
but this was a full tropical downpour. We've had a short in
the generator, everything's wet, and we've had communication
problems.
Crocodile specialist Olivier Behra should be arriving soon,
and also
Luke Dollar
and
Jacinth O'Donnell
next week. Stay tuned.
Peter Tyson
is Online Producer for NOVA.
Dispatches
Forest of Hope (June 7, 2000)
A Great Day for Silkies (June 4, 2000)
Camp Life Unveiled (June 3, 2000)
Three Hours with the Silkies (June 1, 2000)
Angels of Marojejy (May 31, 2000)
Wildlife (May 30, 2000)
Into the Marojejy Massif (May 28, 2000)
Croc Cave (May 26, 2000)
Fossa! (May 25, 2000)
Bat Cave (May 24, 2000)
Update: English Camp (May 23, 2000)
Update: Sunken Forest (May 21, 2000)
Update: Night Walk (May 20, 2000)
Update: 70 Feet Up (May 19, 2000)
Update: Tropical Downpour (May 18, 2000)
Photos: (1) David Parks/library photo; (2) Peter
Tyson.
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