Peter Jackson, director and producer of The Hobbit, continues his video diary narrating the rather stunning scenes at the shoot. The dwarf and wizard actors have arrived and are talking through and visualizing their parts in the movie.

Pre-production is finally over, and today is the first day of the shoot. The cast and crew come together for a traditional Maori welcoming ceremony, and Peter Jackson and members of the cast offer words of thanks and encouragement.

The Hooters is a great band from Philadelphia, PA. Their music is a unique mix of rock, folk and reggae. Enjoy this interview with band-member Eric Bazilian!

Here is part 2 of the interview with The Hooters bandmember Eric Bazilian as he reports from a tour in Germany. Enjoy!

From breathtaking to utterly bizarre, from wild to inwardly reflective, here is the trailer of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. In the final movie of the talented Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell serve as alternate-dimension versions of Ledger's character when he crosses through a paranormal mirror.

Why do some of the national parks in the United States resemble the European Alps? Geologist Dr. Robert Darga answers this question.

Why are some rock formations and animals found on more than one continent? The explanation dates back to the Ice Age.

In Yellowstone Park, visitors can see many indigenous animals in their natural habitat and wonder at the park's natural hot springs.

Geysers represent a very popular tourist attraction in Yellowstone Park. How do they work and where do they come from? And what is sandstone? The video answers these questions.

In this segment, we learn about the role weather plays in the creation of rock formations in the national parks of the United States.

We learn more about how water interacts with the minerals in the rocks, and visit Monument Valley, a popular spot for filming westerns and commercials.

The Colorado Plateau and the Grand Canyon are just a few of the amazing geographical features of the Southwestern United States.

We visit Bryce Canyon, where valuable fossils have helped understand the geological history of the planet. The sandstone spires of the canyon are breathtaking.

In this segment, the narrator explains where the name Bryce Canyon came from, and why the sand dunes in the US and the large deserts of the world might be related.

The narrator explains how the breathtaking rock formations of Antelope Canyon came to be, and why mountains around the world can provide a metaphor for human existence.