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5) Extremes
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Two contrasting worlds of fire and ice-- rugged, high snow-capped mountains in the depths of winter, and Death Valley, the hottest, driest place in North America-- are some of the harshest environments on Earth. This episode includes: deadly avalanches that sweep climbers and skiers off the slopes in Utah, destroy a town in France, and send a passenger train plunging down a cliff into a river in Washington; the mysterious sliding rocks at Death Valley's...
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With sculpted sand dunes, crusted salt flats, and polished marble canyons, Death Valley is as close as you can get to another planet. This book tells you what you need to know to plan the perfect trip for you: Strategies for how to get there, how long it will take, and where to stop along the way. Hikes to abandoned mining camps, remote ghost towns, and hidden springs. The most scenic backcountry roads in and around the park. The best places to pitch...
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This season, How the Earth was Made goes back in history-- from 4.5 billion years ago to today-- peeling back layers of rock, filling up river canyons, parting the oceans, and leveling mountains and volcanoes to investigate the origins of some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world. With rocks as their clues and volcanoes, ice sheets and colliding continents as their suspects, scientists launch a forensic investigation...
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