How the Earth was Made (Season 2)
How the Earth was Made (Season 2) is a 13-part documentary television series aired on the History Channel, focusing on different geological features and processes of the Earth. The series examines some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world, including the Grand Canyon, Vesuvius, Sahara, the birth of the Earth, Yosemite, Death Valley, Everest, and the Pacific Ring of Fire. 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 05 - Yosemite |
A look at how the geographically diverse Yosemite Valley was formed, and the debate whether it was carved by crushing ice age glaciers or a volcanic ripping of the Earth.
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| Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The valley is about 8 miles (13 km) long and up to a mile deep. |
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