The drama of “Snake Island” — as the Vox Culture team calls it — would not be denied. The clip raced around the internet quicker than the baby iguana fleeing certain peril, proving the power of combining life-and-death stakes with keen filmmaking and a tight edit.

To get more insight into the making of Planet Earth II, and the “Snake Island” sequence in particular, I spoke with series executive producer Mike Gunton and director Elizabeth White. The short version? Nature is pretty thrilling (and unforgiving) all on its own, but they’ve honed some techniques to better capture it anyway… More at Vox.

The TV moment of 2016.

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