Sunrise: Nature's alarm clock for the land, the sea, and the myriad of creatures who call our planet home. Accompany us on a tranquil journey into the landscape itself as we enjoy the sights and the ambient sounds associated with the first light of a new day.

From daybreak on the turquoise Mediterranean coastline to the brilliant sunrise over Alaska's Katmai National Park, experience the world's most spectacular sunrises by the sea.

Island First Light
Witness sunrise over the highest vantage point along the North Atlantic seaboard, Cadillac Mountain of Maine's Acadia National Park.

The Great Barrier Reef
Day begins along a pristine shoreline of white sands.

Society Island Sunrise
As day brightens, terns dip the waves, chasing fish to feed their young and hermit crabs emerge on a white crushed-coral beach.

Sunrise Seal Colony
Elephant seals crawl up the beach at California's Point Reyes National Seashore to soak up the first drops of daylight.

Mediterranean Port
It's daybreak on the turquoise coast, tucked somewhere within the folds of Turkey's 2,500 mile coastline.

Ninagiak Island
An island beach awakes with a splash of brilliant color in Ninagiak Island, Katmai National Park, over a hundred miles from the nearest Alaskan town.

Playa Grande Moonset
Once a month, as the sun rises over the beach, the full moon dips into the waves of the pacific in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Argentine Seal Pups
Day breaks in a slice of red over the Southern Atlantic Ocean and a colony of southern elephant seals and its new pups.