STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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About every 10 years, California experiences something that truly boggles the mind. Heavy winter rains lead to a springtime phenomena call the Super Bloom. Entire mountain ranges and sprawling valley floors erupt in a sea of colours that is almost impossible to believe. Jeff Aiello, his 12-year-old son Jett and David Boomer wander through southern California's Carrizo Plains National Monument at the height of the bloom to capture the beauty but curios turn down a long dirt road leads to a surprising discovery.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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It's the hottest, driest and lowest place in the United States but a rare, winter storm changes Death Valley National Park into a photographer's dream. The Outside crew explores the trails and unique rock formations in tough conditions and finds a unique surprise in the desert.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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In a remote part of Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula, accessible only by floatplane, a single camp sits on the banks of a river. Every summer, fishermen come here to catch salmon and explore a place where brown bears roam free and wolves howl in the wind. Jeff Aiello tells the story of the family that runs this camp, a group that's come to fish and captures the rarely seen beauty of a part of Alaska far off the grid.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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In south-eastern Colorado, scattered among the small towns and wind-swept plains two National Grasslands areas remain. Open to visitors but rarely seen, these wide open spaces protect a part of America's heartland frozen in time. Jeff, David and Jon take their cameras into these remote grasslands and discover much more than they envisioned as the remains of a WW2 Japanese internment camp give up the ghostly secrets of a dark chapter in American history.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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A road trip to northern California reveals the beauty of old-growth coastal redwood groves, rugged shorelines and a series of state and national parks.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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Just a short drive from Las Vegas, Nevada, the bright lights of the strip are replaced with the fiery glow of ancient sandstone formations in this one-of-a-kind state park. Jeff, Zack and David explore the stunning landscapes of this rare geologic treasure.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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The eastern side of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains is home to high deserts and dramatic towering peaks. Each fall, this region's aspen groves explode in colour as winter approaches drawing landscape photographers from around the world. Jeff Aiello explores the eastern Sierra at the peak of the fall color show and discovers why this part of the Golden State is becoming a favorite place to bring a camera.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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A drive along the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway through Mt. Lassen National Park in northern California takes Jeff, Zack and David to hidden waterfalls, deep inside mysterious lava tubes and to breathtaking vistas near to the top of a dormant volcano.

STG Outside: Beyond the Lens

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Australia is a popular travel destination but most never visit the rural and beautiful south-eastern coastline of the country. A group of friends (Jeff Aiello, David Boomer, Jon Neely) that are award-winning landscape cinematographers set out along the Princes Highway to film a different side of a land down under. Along the way, small fishing towns, stunning rain forests and advice from the locals about where to explore next leads to unplanned adventures.