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  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Feb 10, 2009
  • 42 m
  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Feb 10, 2009
  • 42 m

Summary Let the History Channel show you how the Earth came into being in this powerful series. Filmmakers travel the globe to uncover the geological processes that have shaped our planet and witness some pretty amazing stuff in the process.

Directed By: Robert Strange

  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Feb 10, 2009
  • 42 m
  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Feb 10, 2009
  • 42 m
How the Earth Was Made
S1 • Episode 1
San Andreas Fault
Air Date: Feb 10, 2009
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Summary Let the History Channel show you how the Earth came into being in this powerful series. Filmmakers travel the globe to uncover the geological processes that have shaped our planet and witness some pretty amazing stuff in the process.

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Episode 1 • Feb 10, 2009 • 42 m
San Andreas Fault
The discovery of the San Andreas Fault and efforts to understand it are described.
Episode 2 • Feb 17, 2009 • 44 m
The Deepest Place on Earth
Episode 3 • Feb 24, 2009 • 44 m
Krakatoa
The unique geological conditions that make Krakatoa and it's successor, Anak Krakatau, extraordinarily explosive and, despite its remoteness, dangerous are explained.
Episode 4 • Mar 3, 2009 • 1 h 31 m
Loch Ness
Scotland is a ground zero for some of the most significant geologic cataclysms in Earth's history. Understanding of these titanic shifts was prompted by a mysterious lake known as Loch Ness.
Episode 5 • Mar 10, 2009 • 44 m
New York
The geological history of New York City is as superlative as it's current economic impact including; a titanic mountain rage, massive volcanic eruptions, immense glaciers and an enormous flash flood.
Episode 6 • Mar 17, 2009 • 45 m
Driest Place on Earth
Chile's Atacama Desert is the driest, oldest and deadest desert on earth. Yet it's plays host to living creatures and penguins even thrive nearby. It may provide clues to where to look for life on other, seemingly barren, planets.
Episode 7 • Mar 24, 2009 • 44 m
Great Lakes
Episode 8 • Mar 31, 2009 • 44 m
Yellowstone
The evidence, structure, history and potential threat of the Yellowstone super volcano are described.
Episode 9 • Apr 7, 2009 • 44 m
Tsunami
Episode 10 • Apr 21, 2009 • 44 m
Asteroids
Most major geological processes require millions of year to become noticeable. Meteor impacts are exceptions which can cause comparable changes in seconds.
Episode 11 • Apr 28, 2009 • 45 m
Iceland
The confluence of two geological forces created and continues to build the island of Iceland. They also keep the geology active with global implications. For now the massive, but retreating, glaciers are keeping the glaciers in check.
Episode 12 • May 5, 2009 • 44 m
Hawaii
Episode 13 • May 12, 2009 • 44 m
The Alps

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Corey Johnson

Narrator

Jonathan Keeble

Self - Narrator (UK), Self - Narrator

Tony Prave

Self - Geologist, University of St. Andrews, Self - Univ. of St. Andrews

Mike Poland

Self - Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Self - Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey

Nick Petford

Self - Bournemouth University, Self - Geologist, Bournemouth University

Charles Merguerian

Self - Geologist, Hofstra University

Karl E. Karlstrom

Self - Geologist, University of New Mexico, Self - University of New Mexico

Bill McGuire

Self - Geologist, University College London, Self - University College London

Bob Anderson

Photographer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Self - Geologist, Self - Geologist, University of Colorado at Boulder

Andreas Bauder

Self - Glaciologist, Self - Glaciologist, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technology

Alan Lester

Self - University of Colorado at Boulder

Andrew Lambert

Self - King's College London

William Hartmann

Self - Planetary Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Arizona

Shelton Johnson

Self - Park Ranger, Yosemite National Park Service

Jen Smith

Self - Geologist, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Hank Heasler

Geologist, Yellowstone National Park, Self - Park Ranger

Charlie Paull

Self - Marine Geologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

David Kring

Self - Geologist, NASA

John Douglass

Self - Geologist, Paradise Valley Community College

Toni Bürgin

Self - Paleontologist

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