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  • History
  • Jan 26, 2010
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  • History
  • Jan 26, 2010
  • 45 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: Kathryn Johnson

  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Jan 26, 2010
  • 45 m
  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Jan 26, 2010
  • 45 m
How the Earth Was Made
S2 • Episode 9
Death Valley
Air Date: Jan 26, 2010
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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 • Nov 24, 2009 • 45 m
Grand Canyon
The relatively tiny Colorado River had substantial help in carving out a chasm as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon. The story is so complex and the evidence so scarce that it took geologist decades to unravel the mysteries.
Episode 2 • Dec 1, 2009 • 44 m
Vesuvius
Volcanologists look for patterns in the historical eruptions of Mount Vesuvius to determine when the worlds most dangerous volcano is likely to threaten the three million residents of Naples.
Episode 3 • Dec 9, 2009 • 45 m
Birth of the Earth
The Earth isn't an ordinary generic planet. The processes that created an Earth suitable for modern are unique and surprising.
Episode 4 • Dec 15, 2009 • 45 m
Sahara
Scientists present evidence that the Sahara Desert periodically transitions from desert to a lush green environment and back. They also present theories about why this happens.
Episode 5 • Dec 22, 2009 • 44 m
Yosemite
The dispute between John Muir and Josiah Whitney over how the Yosemite Valley formed is settled with a 200 million year long story more complex then either imagined.
Episode 6 • Dec 22, 2009 • 44 m
The Rockies
Geologists believe the Rocky Mountains recently rose from an inland sea to twice their current size and becoming a new inland sea may be their not to distant fate.
Episode 7 • Jan 19, 2010 • 45 m
Ring of Fire
The geological mechanism that causes the ring of volcanoes around the pacific ocean is studied and explained.
Episode 8 • Jan 19, 2010 • 45 m
Everest
The convergence of processes that resulted in the extreme height of Mt. Everest and the other Himalayan mountains is explained in conjunction with the supporting geological evidence.
Episode 9 • Jan 26, 2010 • 45 m
Death Valley
The history of Death Valley's transformation from an inland sea to a towering mountain range then to a fresh water lake and finally the salt bed we see today it revealed.
Episode 10 • Feb 2, 2010 • 45 m
Mount St. Helens
The Mount Saint Helens 1980 eruption introduces geologists to a variety of volcanic phenomenon never observed before. Yet it presages a similar eruption thousands of miles away and just a few years later in Montserrat.
Episode 11 • Feb 9, 2010 • 44 m
Earth's Deadliest Eruption
The causes of the million year volcanic eruption in the Siberian Traps and the resulting effects that lead to the largest mass extinction in earth's history are recounted.
Episode 12 • Feb 16, 2010 • 45 m
America's Ice Age
Instead of looking at a geological feature and the convergence of mechanisms that created it, this program uses a different format; looking at one mechanism, glaciers, and the diverse effects they cause.
Episode 13 • Mar 2, 2010 • 45 m
America's Gold
The history of discovery of gold deposits in California and Nevada and the diverse geological processes the produced the deposits are described.

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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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