What On Earth
TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Take a tour of the planet’s most fascinating, curious anomalies, thanks to satellites that broadcast images of vast, unexplored lands and oceans. See how consumer-oriented programs like Google Earth let us glimpse these once-hidden places.

2010 · 41m
Starring Klint Janulis, Marc D'Antonio, Mike Capps
Director Susanna Herbert, Bella Falk

Season 7

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Uncover a magic circle in western England, a patch of Arizona desert that's a perfect replica of the moon's surface, evidence of a hidden Nazi air base in the Brazilian jungle, a bone-filled African cave, and an odd egg-shaped structure in China.
    41m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Dig up a secret Nazi superweapon factory in a Polish forest and learn how California wildfires nearly caused a nuclear disaster. Investigate Il Duce’s desert food-delivery service, killer robo-sharks, and a cache of scary US military prototypes.
    40m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Reveal a carving from a mysterious lost race, an odd symbol cut into Sahara bedrock, spoofed shipping data with terrifying warfare implications, a Mexican ice crater that might be extraterrestrial, and the Kansas bunker of a major LSD producer.
    41m
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Dig up star-shaped mounds in Norway, visit ghost ships in the Dutch countryside, see a monster aircraft stuck in the Mojave, visit a collection of ominous barrels in the Pacific Northwest, and witness a 250-mile-wide butterfly cloud over St. Louis.
    41m
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Discover castle ruins in Louisiana swampland, weird geometric groves of trees in the U.S. Great Plains, the mysterious remains of 250 elephants in Botswana, a gargantuan chasm in the middle of Siberia, and an American version of Stonehenge.
    40m
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    Examine evidence of a cataclysm in Yorkshire, England; a strange geometric pattern inscribed on a Japanese beach; evidence of an empire’s downfall in the Arabian Desert; a Polish vampire grave; and a swath of woods untouched by an Idaho wildfire.
    41m

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Cast & Crew

  • K‌J
    Klint Janulis
    Self
  • M‌D
    Marc D'Antonio
    Self
  • M‌C
    Mike Capps
    Self
  • A‌G
    Andrew Gough
    Self
  • Seth Porges
    Self
  • D‌G
    David Grann
    Voice
  • S‌K
    Steven Kearney
    Narrator
  • S‌H
    Susanna Herbert
    Director
  • B‌F
    Bella Falk
    Director
  • G‌C
    Greg Chivers
    Producer
  • M‌D
    Martin Durkin
    Producer

About

What On Earth

Documentary

Take a tour of the planet’s most fascinating, curious anomalies, thanks to satellites that broadcast images of vast, unexplored lands and oceans. See how consumer-oriented programs like Google Earth let us glimpse these once-hidden places.

Information

Studio
Science
Released
2010
Rated
PG
Regions of Origin
Canada, United Kingdom, United States
© 2015 Discovery Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English (United States)
Audio

English (United States)

Subtitles

French (Canada) (SDH)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.
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Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Armenia
  • Österreich
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (Français)
  • Deutschland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg (English)
  • Malta
  • Moldova, Republic Of
  • Nederland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal (Português)
  • Россия
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • España
  • Sverige
  • Schweiz
  • Türkiye (English)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina (Español)
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (Español)
  • Brasil
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
  • Nicaragua (Español)
  • Panamá
  • Paraguay (Español)
  • Perú
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Venezuela (Español)

The United States and Canada

  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (Français)
  • United States
  • Estados Unidos (Español México)