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Philippe Cousteau Jr. is no stranger to exploration. The grandson of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, Philippe hosts and serves as executive producer of this half-hour earth science series that examines the planet. He visits diamond and gold mines to see how gems and metals are formed, travels to active volcanoes to observe what happens inside the Earth's burning core, and checks out weather stations in mountainous areas to get an idea of how weather phenomena form in the atmosphere.
S2, EP4 "Water"
An estuary in North Carolina; sea life in Curaçao; a NASA satellite monitors precipitation; near Quebec City is a hotel made entirely of ice.
S2, EP5 "Earth in Motion"
Mount Saint Helens; how mountains are formed and earthquakes caused; oceans and waterways in constant motion; how the planet speeds through the galaxy.
S2, EP6 "Canadian Rockies"
The Canadian Rockies: Lake Louise; a glacier; the woodland caribou; white-bark pine trees; an archaeologist provides artifacts of people living in the area 10,000 years ago.
S2, EP7 "Earth's Views"
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; satellites; flight in a DC-3 aircraft; an observatory where new stars are discovered; a spacewalk.
S2, EP3 "Canyons"
They can be hundreds of miles long and thousands of feet deep, and hiding some of the most mysterious creatures on Earth; a look at the world's most spectacular canyons, featuring the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Monterrey Bay.
S2, EP2 "Deserts"
The Mohave Desert; Death Valley; Joshua Tree National Park.
S2, EP1 "Yosemite National Park"
Yosemite National Park: El Capitan; Half-Dome; Mariposa Grove's 500 giant sequoia trees; wildlife that thrives in the park's ecosystems.
