Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Release date: 2013-11-01
Votes: 21
Genres: Documentary
Documenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and urbanization on our environment.
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