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How the Earth was Made (Season 1)

How the Earth was Made (Season 1) is a 13-part documentary television series aired on the History Channel, showing how geological processes have shaped our planet. The series examines some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world, including California's San Andreas Fault, the Mariana Trench, the Krakatoa volcano, the Alps, the Atacama Desert, Tsunami, and Asteroids. Using interviews with experts, geological evidence, and computer generated graphics, the series explains in an easy-to-understand way how those locations and geological phenomena have been shaped by the immensely powerful, and at times violent, forces of geology.

Episode 02 - The Deepest Place on Earth

A look at Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, where only a few scientists have been able to explore this amazing rift caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Mariana Plate.


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Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands.

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Episode 01 - San Andreas Fault
Episode 02 - The Deepest Place on Earth
Episode 03 - Krakatoa
Episode 04 - Loch Ness
Episode 05 - New York
Episode 06 - Driest Place on Earth
Episode 07 - Great Lakes
Episode 08 - Yellowstone
Episode 09 - Tsunami
Episode 10 - Asteroids
Episode 11 - Iceland
Episode 12 - Hawaii
Episode 13 - The Alps