Mountain Splendour goes through one calendar season in the mountains, visiting the same ecosystems season by season to demonstrate the changes that each will go through in terms of animal and plant life. Time is also spent demonstrating how these regions developed. Fields of broken flint and fossils demonstrate the area's distant past as a sea bed. Viewers are also reminded that avalanches and glaciers continue to erode the landscape today. The areas teem with wildlife: bears, moose, mountain goats, birds, fish, wolves and wolverines are just some of the animals which populate the areas and that illustrate the different life cycles found in the various regions.

      Instead of jargon or technical terminology, the language is very poetic and serves as a suitable accompaniment to the breathtaking nature photography. This video would serve as a valuable illustration for a discussion about ecology, ecosystems, life cycles or changing biospheres.

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