A great new documentary series "Our Great National Parks", with BARAK OBAMA narrating!

[70sEraVet]

A VERY enjoyable look at national parks all over the world. Really makes you appreciate how many national parks are responsible for preserving species that are on the brink of extinction.
And of course, a reminder of what is being lost through climate change.

[cilla4progress]

1. Weve been watching and enjoying.

Great photography!!

[secondwind]

2. Saw last night for the first time.. love it.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. It reminded me of Attneborough's latest from around 2020

Lots of similar stories and footage, but Obama sounded less scolding in his narration. And I just loved hearing his voice again.

[CrispyQ]

4. Thanks! I will definitely check it out!

Obama has a wonderful voice & is such a great speaker.

I've been reading blogs & looking at photos of Glen Canyon (before the dam was built), since there is talk of draining Lake Powell into Lake Mead. Damn! What an incredible canyon with historic ruins. It wasn't as well known back then since it wasn't a national park. So sad we damned it. At the point we had to start damming up rivers maybe we should have thought about how many people can live sustainably on Earth.

This site, although dated, is loaded with photos of rafting trips these folks took down the Colorado. The second link is a detailed map of the river before the dam.

http://explorepdx.com/glen.html

http://explorepdx.com/glenmap_b.html

[lpbk2713]

5. Ken Burns made a multi-part docuseries on the natl parks a few years ago.

It was very well done and the photography was absolutely beautiful.

[bahboo]

6. watched it all....great series, wish there were more episodes...

actually covers parks throughout the world, which was a nice touch.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. I don't have Netflix. Can I watch it any place else? nt

[yellowdogintexas]

8. I spent the weekend watching documentaries. This was the first one

it is just wonderful.

I hope there are more to come; there are certainly enough national parks around the world for at least 3 more seasons of this

Besides we got to listen to #44 describe everything