7.6/105 votesLoading...#1 - Submerged
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2015
Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea volcano.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Himalaya
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2015
Richard I'Anson documents a fire rite, attempts to photograph the elusive Himalayan snow leopard and captures the colorful Festival of Holi.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Adrenaline
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/7/2015
Intrepid adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright crafts images of free divers in Vanuatu, highliners in Colorado and paragliders in Utah.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Wild
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/2015
From brown bears in the rivers of Alaska to mountain gorillas in the jungles of Uganda, nature photographer Art Wolfe hunts for the perfect picture.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Panorama
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2015
Following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, landscape photographer Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to create stunning polar images.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Tribes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/2015
Art Wolfe documents the world's cultures, including the Surma of Ethiopia and the masked mud men and Huli clans of Papua, New Guinea.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Sacred Nature: Part 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2016
Hoping to ensure the park's survival, wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott document the native creatures of the Maasai Mara in Kenya.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Sacred Nature: Part 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2016
Marveling at the abundant wildlife in the Mara's ecosystem, the Scotts photograph a cheetah, a Maasai ritual and an elusive leopard mother and cubs.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Misunderstood Predators: Part 1
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2017
Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Misunderstood Predators: Part 2
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/2017
To defend one of the world's most feared aquatic species, Eric Cheng and diver Jim Abernethy photograph human-friendly tiger sharks in the Bahamas.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Life and Death: Part 1
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/2017
After a career chronicling the horrors of war, photographer Stephen Dupont seeks to document a more poetic and dignified approach to death in India.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Life and Death: Part 2
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/21/2017
Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Children In Need: Part 1
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/26/2018
Documenting impoverished, at-risk children for UNICEF, photographer Simon Lister is joined in Bangladesh by goodwill ambassador Orlando Bloom.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Children In Need: Part 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2018
Simon and Orlando continue their Bangladesh trip, visiting a makeshift school and photographing young children working in hazardous jobs for low pay.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Paradise in Peril: Part 1
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/2018
Undersea photographer Shawn Heinrichs fights to preserve the rapidly vanishing diversity of ocean life by capturing its beauty in dazzling images.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Paradise in Peril: Part 2
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/2018
Shawn continues his quest to conserve marine wildlife by capturing some arresting manta ray pictures in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2018
Dylan River continues a family tradition of filmmaking focused on the Aboriginal people of his native Australia with a tour of ancient rock art sites.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/2018
Dylan journeys into Arnhem Land, where he participates in a welcoming ritual and films the customs and tribal lifeways of the Yolngu people.
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The Best Episodes of Tales by Light
Every episode of Tales by Light ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Tales by Light!
Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the...
Genre:Documentary
Network:National Geographic Channel
Best Episodes Summary
"Submerged" is the best rated episode of "Tales by Light". It scored 7.6/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/24/2015. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Himalaya".