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Untold Earth
What NASA Is Looking For In Yellowstone National Park
Season 1
Episode 7
The Grand Prismatic Spring is the most recognizable thermal feature of Yellowstone National Park, but some of its most fascinating features are invisible to the naked eye. Underwater exists a diverse system of microbes which scientists have been studying for decades, and have been the catalyst for life changing discoveries. Could these microbes be the key to discovering life on other planets?
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An ancient and modern mystery, what about bioluminescence inspires such obsession?

8:54
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What are icebergs doing so close to land and why must we keep an eye on them?

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What makes the Coast Redwood, a tree as old as the dinosaurs, epically singular in nature?