Secrets of the Universe

Season 1 Episode 2 - Dynamic Earth

2014 · 27 min

TV-G

Documentary · Science & Nature

The inner workings of Earth's climate system come alive in visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputer simulations.

Audio Languages: English

Subtitles: English

There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end.

The inner workings of Earth's climate system come alive in visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputer simulations.

There is a rare class of volcanic eruptions that marshal the energy that lurks, like a sleeping dragon, beneath the surface of planet Earth.

Over four decades ago, the United States and the Soviet Union raced to become the first nation to land an astronaut on the moon.

Water: our most precious resource. Without it, life could not exist on our planet.

Hundreds of planets have now been found orbiting stars beyond the Sun.

To some there are few visions that are more reassuring: the endless cycle of the sun, the heavens ceaselessly turning.

The universe has long captivated us with its immense scales of distance and time.

S01:E02 - Dynamic Earth

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