Name: Amazing Planet
Released: 2006-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Patricia Clarkson

Watch some of Earth's most spectacular tricks unfold in a timeframe that is imperceptible to mere humans. Witness the bumper-car antics of continents; observe the Himalayas surging upwards, view the deepest ocean depths of the Mariana Trench, and solve the mystery of the singing sand dunes.

Documentary · 2006 · 50 min

Starring Patricia Clarkson

EPISODE 1

Ocean Realm

National Geographic investigates the awesome power of our water world by journeying into the mind-bending beauty of coral reef shallows to the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench while glimpsing everything in between.

50 min · Feb 12, 2007
EPISODE 2

Born of Fire

National Geographic cameras travel to Iceland, Africa, Japan, California, and Greece to record how the huge plates of the earth's crust crash together and spread apart causing ground-shattering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

46 min · Feb 15, 2007
EPISODE 3

Destructive Forces

Why do mountains form triangular in shape? How much rain must fall to start a river? How does one grain of sand become an entire dune? Join National Geographic as we explore how our Amazing Planet is sculpted. But hold on tight, this is no ordinary view.

46 min · Feb 20, 2007