Ezra Knight
Secrets of the Earth (2013)
Season 1
Computer graphics, visual analogies and a recurring cast of expert scientists combine to reveal new aspects of the world you think you know, from canyons of gravity that warp space and time to rain triggered by cosmic rays.
Released May 23, 2013
Episode 21 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.educational
Production Companies: Flight 33 Productions
Network: The Weather Channel
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Rain
Raindrops aren't only formed from condensed water vapor; some result from micrometeorites, and others deliver bacteria from the upper atmosphere.
May 23, 2013, midnight
S1E2 - Tsunamis
Tsunamis form in the open ocean before making toward land. Science seeks not only to understand these giant waves but also predict them.
May 23, 2013, midnight
S1E3 - Gravity
Earthquakes can actually affect Earth's gravity, and the ability of scientists to map gravitational fiels has uncovered mysterious anomalies.
June 13, 2013, midnight
S1E4 - Goldilocks
Earth's distance from the sun is just right to sustain life, with neighbors Venus and Mars illustrating the impact of a slight difference in location.
June 20, 2013, midnight
S1E5 - Magnetic Shield
A metallic core at the center of the Earth turns the planet into a magnet, generating a field that protects life on the surface from cosmic radiation.
June 27, 2013, midnight
S1E6 - Blizzards
A visit to the researchers at a Colorado storm lab and an examination of lake-effect snow in northern New York reveal the science of blizzards.
July 4, 2013, midnight
S1E7 - Tides
Water levels rise up to 50 feet at high tide in Canada's Bay of Fundy, while the Turnagain Arm in Alaska experiences 10-foot-high tidal "bore waves."
July 18, 2013, midnight
S1E8 - Volcanoes
As evidenced by the 1815 eruption of Indonesia Mt. Tambora, volcanoes can profoundly impact the weather, producing lightning, ash and acid rain.
July 25, 2013, midnight
S1E9 - Strangest Places
The world's most astonishing sites include extreme underwater ecosystems, steamy subterranean worlds and stratling igneous formations of lava rock.
Aug. 1, 2013, midnight
Network: The Weather Channel
Episode Runtime: 21 min.
Season Runtime: 21 min.
Released: May 23, 2013
Last Air Date: Dec. 8, 2014, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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