Sky Island

Produzione: 
by John Grabowska – Produced by John Grabowska, United States National Park Service – USA 2010 – Running time: 28 min. – Featured areas: Bandelier National Monument, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, USA

In Northern New Mexico, a range of mountains rises up from the high desert: a wild, rugged land of the Faraway Nearby. The volcanic Jemez mountains are isolated from all other ranges – an island in the sky, surrounded by a desert sea. In Sky Island, environmental filmmaker John Grabowska profiles this enchanting landscape and our place within it, with dramatic climate change effects already transforming the desert and alpine ecosystems.