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Elements

Season 1 Episode 2 | 54m 11s

The forces of nature make Earth a restless planet, but they also turned our ball of rock into a home for life. How did our planet’s ingredients, the chemical elements, come together and take that first crucial step from barren rock to a living world?

Aired: 09/19/16 | Expires: 08/26/20
Extras
Researcher Oswaldo Vasquez swims with humpback whales in the Silver Banks Marine Reserve.
The rotation of our planet affects many creatures, including the humble dung beetle.
Surfer Serginho Laus rides the Prororoca Wave, a tidal wave on the Amazon River in Brazil.
After a dry summer the parched plains of the Serengeti transform into a green blanket.
The Baroarbunga volcano in Iceland spews red hot lava.
In the Dominican Republic a team of divers explore an underground cave system.
At the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia, bright yellow elemental sulphur is mined.
In Catalonia, Spain, teams compete to build the tallest, most complex human towers.
See how we experience Earth’s natural forces, including shape, elements, color and motion.
Learn how Earth’s chemical elements transformed barren rock into a living world.