Voyage of the Continents
Voyage of the Continents
This extraordinary series tells the story of the genesis of Earth's continents, and the grand waltz of plate tectonics. We see the Earth, a billion years in the making, through the investigative eyes of geologists and other scientists.
Oceania: The Tectonic Ring of Fire
Australia is now a solid and stable continent surrounded by more volatile neighbors. Pacific and Australian plates clash across the South Pacific causing intense geological and volcanic activity. Travel back in time through deserts, rock and fossils.
Asia: The Tectonics of Life and Death
First Asia hurtled into Europe. Then, India crashed violently into the Asian continent. That shock gave birth to the highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas. But it also released dangerous gases believed to have caused dinosaur extinction...
Asia: Rising Mountains and Sinking Countries
Effects from the Indo-Asian collision were felt thousands of kilometers away. The deforming pressure towards the East created Indochina, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan. How else could the remains of primitive Asians have been found in Java?
Europe: Tropical Beginnings
One billion years ago there was just one great continent on earth. It began to break apart and Europe drifted away. Tectonic collisions, tropical vegetation, inland seas and hot lagoons are what temperate contemporary Europe is made of.
Europe: A Turbulent Future
Over time, the Atlantic Ocean widened. Then Africa moved north, struck Europe and birthed the Alps. Erosion, volcanic activity, and ice ages fashioned an extraordinarily rich and varied continent, ready for the arrival of human beings.