Sahara

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 5.1 Divx version 5.2 720p version 6 Links 6.1 Release Post 6.2 Related Documentaries 6.3 ed2k Links

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Travel Documentary hosted by Michael Palin and published by BBC in 2002 - English narration

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Michael Palin continues his series of epic journeys, this time crossing the Sahara - an environment as alien and hostile as any on earth. But instead of emptiness, the Sahara reveals a vast range of peoples, cultures and landscapes with a rich and unique history.

The journey begins in Morocco, where Michael must traverse nature's gateway to the Sahara - the beautiful Atlas mountains. Slowly, the mountains give way to the arid Sahara and its thousands of miles of sand, stone, ferocious winds and vast dust storms that sting the face and blind the eyes.

From the disputed territory of Western Sahara, through Mauritania on a two kilometre long iron ore train, he makes for Senegal and its old French colonial towns. After paying a visit to Goree Island, from where millions of slaves were sold and sent on to Europe and America, it's on to Mali and a chance to meet the Dogon - a people with a view of the world so unique that it can be tricky to grasp, especially when eating lunch in midday temperatures of 134? F.

In preference to a three month wait for the ferry to Timbuktu, a local cargo boat becomes home for the journey up the Niger River. From Niger, Michael heads north over the Hoggar Mountains through the rich gas and oil fields of Algeria and on into Libya, where we have the rare chance to experience a culture long closed to outsiders. His final stop is Tunisia, a country familiar to Michael having been the location for Monthy Python's The Life of Brian.

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• Video Codec: Divx
  
• Video Bitrate: ~1470 kB/s (extras ~1200 kB/s)
  
• Video Resolution: 704x384
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (1.83:1)
  
• Audio Codec: AC3
  
• Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48KHz
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• RunTime Per Part: 59 min
  
• Number Of Parts: 4 + 3 extras
  
• Part Size: 701 MB
  
• Encoded by: m06166

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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 20 (~3034Kbps)
  
• Video Resolution: 1280x720
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number Of Parts: 4
  
• Part Size: 1.30 GB (average)
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• MVGroup.org (ed2k)
• MVGroup.org (torrent)
• ShareVirus.com
• ShareTheFiles.com
• FTIReloaded.net
• Norsk EselForum.org
• VeryCD.com
• DocsPT.com
• P2P-United.org
• FileHeaven.org
• DonkeyHeaven.com

[edit] Related Documentaries

• Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
• The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu (BBC)
• Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure: Series 1
• Days of Hope
• Sur la piste des manuscrits de Tombouctou
• Orphans of the Sahara
• The Man who Stopped the Desert
• Another Life
• Himalaya (BBC North by Northwest)
• New Tales From Around the World in 80 Days
• Skeletons of the Sahara
• The Great Desert Turf
• Theodore Monod: Lord of the Desert
• World's Most Dangerous Roads Series2 (BBC)
• Madness in the Desert: The Paris to Dakar Story
• Land of Crossing, Maghreb
• My Week with the Gunmen
• Fearless Planet Season 1
• Tropic of Cancer
• New Europe
• Full Circle
• Pole to Pole
• Himalaya (BBC)

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