Released: 1993 - Format:
VHS - Sound: Stereo
- Duration: 56:13
Produced by Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc.
Along the eastern escarpment
of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental exists an
area known as El Cielo... an isolated enclave
at the crossroads of North and South American
flora and fauna. Eight distinct forest systems
are found within its boundaries.
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At the
heart of El Cielo is a small pocket of
cloud forest which exists half-way up
the eastern face of the escarpment. Much
of the year the forest is bathed in heavy
mists as clouds from the Gulf of Mexico
brush the steep slopes. El Cielo provides
rare and exciting photography of Common
Potoo, courtship of the 2 1/2" Bumblebee
Hummingbird, pair bonding behavior in
Barred Antshrikes and Magnificent Military
Macaws in their remote canyons. |
El Cielo has been captured
in all its glory from the birthplace of rivers,
to the rain shadow on the west, by the artistry
of world class cinematographer John Bax.
