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How the Earth was Made - Season 2

Series: How the Earth was Made
4.4
(25)
Episodes
13
Rating
TVPG
Year
2009
Language
English

About

Spectacular on-location footage, evidence from geologists in the field, and dramatic graphics combine in this stunning series to show how immensely powerful forces of geology have formed our planet.

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1 to 3 of 13

1. Grand Canyon

44m

The Grand Canyon is nearly 300 miles long and over a mile deep. You could stack four Empire State buildings one on top of the other and they still wouldn't reach the lip of the Canyon.

2. Vesuvius

44m

Mt Vesuvius is the world's most dangerous volcano, and it threatens three million people. It was responsible for the most famous natural disaster of ancient history.

3. Birth of the Earth

44m

Four and a half billion years ago the Earth formed from dust in space to become a molten ball of rock orbiting the Sun. This episode travels back in time to investigate how the fledgling planet survived a cataclysmic cosmic collision with another world.

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