Earth: Making Of A Planet

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News Lord Of The Rings Volcano Threatens To Erupt

New Zealand authorities are warning hikers to stay away from Mount Ruapehu.

Follow Video A Newborn Star Beginning nearly five billion years ago, there is no sign of our beautiful blue planet in the solar system.

News Earth Is Actually Two Planets

Scientists conclude Earth was formed after a head-on collision between early Earth and planet Theia

Follow Video A Successful Species Dinosaurs survived volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. But nothing on the planet is invincible.

Follow Video The Intruder A young planet called Theia heads straight for the Earth twenty times faster than a bullet.

Follow Video Volcanoes When big amounts of heat escape from the Earth’s molten core, the activity spawns loads of volcanoes.

Follow Video Wiwaxia Life in the oceans is blossoming, from microscopic bacteria to huge sea monsters such as the Anomolacaris.

About the Show

Take a photographic journey thorough time from the violent birth of our planet four and a half billion years ago, through ice-ages, massive volcanic eruptions and the dinosaurs' reign to the first humans. For the first time, see the incredible story of our planet unfold in one single, seamless camera move.

Earth: Making Of A Planet

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