Returning on the golden fields - S01E05 - The Smoking Gun

Ancient Lands and Lives-Above the Grand Canyon Rims directed by Carol J. Amore.Ancient Lands & Lives- Above The Grand Canyon Rims is a high impact and fast-paced short Docu-music video that embraces Arizona’s Grand Canyon wildlife experience through versatile animal habitats and its resilient pinyon-juniper evergreen trees on the Canyon's Rims. Its vast colorful canyon rock formations reveal layers in geological time, dramatic thunderstorms with rising cloud formations, dark night skies (Milky Way Galaxy visible) and sacred tribal lands. The emmy-award-winning composer-electric violin performer for this music video, Mark Wood, original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, played his unique seven-stringed viper electric violin like a series of high-powered symphonic movements interpreting the Grand Canyon, portraying wildlife behaviors and reaching up into its ever-changing skies. His music inspires one's spirit. Elusive Grand Canyon predator families includes mountain lions, bobcats, wolves, coyotes, gray foxes and even birds of prey ( American eagle, Golden eagles, Red-tailed hawks, Peregrine falcons). Resident desert Bighorn sheep, mule deer and other wildlife are also part of the Canyon’s eco-system. These wildlife are often portrayed in Hopi stone wall petroglyphs thousands of years old. In the Hopi culture, the animal Kachinas (Ka means "respect", china means "spirit") have been used as the introduction to Film Chapters within this Docu-music video to create an interpretative window into their world. The Hopi craftsman carves each animal to represent its unique physical characteristics. Just like a compass each animal is viewed as a guardian to the North, South, East and West. Mountain Lions- Guardians of the North (intuitive, resourcefulness, fearless protector) American Badgers- Guardians of the South (fierce, tenacious, tough to fight off larger predators) Wolves- Guardians of the East (cunning protectors and alpha leaders in a social pack) Black Bears-Guardians of the West (strength, power and wisdom). Sky Bird Kachinas of the American Eagle and Great-Horned Owl are also present. Filming the Grand Canyon from space, high resolution drones, 4K video cameras, special time-lapse dramatic night sky filming over the Canyon Rims and even advanced earth-penetrating Lidar technologies were used to create original high resolution images within this Docu-music video. New James Webb telescope discoveries were also integrated within this production. These inspiring views add significant visual excitement and intrigue for audiences. The collaborative work of many talented professional experts in this Docu-music-video gave tremendous innovative efforts to inspire visitors in the current and future preservation of the Grand Canyon area.