''Galapagos 3D'' is a British

nature documentary A nature documentary or wildlife documentary is a genre of documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on video taken in their natural habitat but also often including footage of t ...

series written and presented by David Attenborough, directed by Martin Williams and filmed in 3D. Attenborough returns to the

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for the fourth time in his career and travels throughout the archipelago to explain their origins and their unique fauna in evolutionary terms. The series premiered on 1 January 2013 on the

Sky 3D The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

network in the UK. A 2D version retitled ''Galapagos with David Attenborough'' was simulcast on Sky One, attracting 563,000 viewers. The making of the series was documented in the accompanying programme ''Making Attenborough's Galapagos''. ''Galapagos 3D'' is Attenborough's second 3D television series following 2012's '' Kingdom of Plants 3D'', and his fourth 3D project for Sky television after the earlier one-off documentaries '' Flying Monsters 3D'' and ''

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''. In common with its predecessors, ''Galapagos 3D'' was produced by Colossus Productions, a partnership between Atlantic Productions and Sky. The series is notable for its pioneering use of 3D cameras for underwater filming. It also features the first known footage of the Galápagos pink land iguana, a new species of lizard identified in 2009, and Attenborough's encounter with

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, the last

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, filmed a fortnight before the animal's death. In 2013 Attenborough narrated Sky 3D's next natural history series on invertebrates, ''Micro Monsters 3D''.

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