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What on Earth?

Some images caught by satellites in space defy explanation: massive tsunamis that disappear, a sinister blood-red lake in war-torn Baghdad and a whirlpool in the ocean the size of a state. Experts analyze these sites on the ground and ask "What on earth?"
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  1. S1 E1 - Lake of Blood
    February 9, 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Six breathtaking images, six unfathomable mysteries, from a gigantic tsunami that never hits land to a secret underground base in China. Plus, an image from space may have finally revealed the location of the Garden of Eden.
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  2. S1 E2 - Lost City of Gold
    February 16, 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Six more mysteries captured from space are investigated, including weird, barren rings in the Namib desert, a vanishing island and a lost city in the heart of the Amazon jungle.
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  3. S1 E3 - Secrets of the Sahara
    February 23, 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Experts are baffled by a beautiful yet mysterious formation in the Sahara desert, and extraordinary clouds emanating from the Indian Ocean may be evidence of a terrifying new weather weapon.
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  4. S1 E4 - Finding Sodom
    March 2, 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    An astronaut photographs a strange ring of ice on the world's oldest and most mysterious lake.
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  5. S1 E5 - North Korea is Burning
    March 9, 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    A possible smokescreen over North Korea worries military analysts, while an amateur archaeologist makes an extraordinary discovery with the help of a satellite image
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  6. S1 E6 - Nazi Ice Fortress
    March 16, 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Images of Earth from space reveal an intimate portrait of human activity. Cities glow bright while the wilderness remains dark. Why then is the Australian outback lit up like a series of vast cities?
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