Giant Asteroids Form Earth's First Tectonic Plates | Earth | Earth Science

When giant asteroids hit our planet, Earth’s fractured crust formed vast subterranean plates, which met and collided with astonishing results.Don't miss Earth, a story 4.5 billion years in the making.
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Earth (2023)
Discover the astonishing four-billion-year story of the place we call home, told over five dramatic episodes. This revealing biography of Earth explores the planet’s most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed centre stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud - including massive bombardments from space, extreme changes in climate and the collision of whole continents. The series uses the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets to bring this unique story of creation to life.
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[@FrappuccinoAlfredo]

0:35 This shot looks better than any other shots in actual, multi-million dollar movies about this sort of thing happening.

[@OmegaTrooper]

0:39 shout out to the camera man who gave his life for this shot

[@robertfletcher3421]

This is an absolutely fantastic video. Need to see the whole thing.

[@rodrigocastro6941]

only series like this make it worth paying for TV license, there should be many more

[@ScorpionX669]

Take a moment to thank the camera crew in space for filming this 😂

[@user-fv2oz2qj3y]

And sound effect (space sound )

[@davidsheckler4450]

Take a moment to realize that space is Santa Claus for adults 👍

[@ScorpionX669]

@@davidsheckler4450 nah, it's Santa's Sack for adults.

[@DemonetisedZone]

The old jokes are the best 😏

[@Staralium]

VFX better than marvel

[@AoyagiAichou]

Poor audio mixing. Speech barely audible.

[@Wish_lesson_]

reduce the BGM please.

[@LEDewey_MD]

Fabulous CGI!

[@subramaniamkmathvan3661]

Nice theory about asteroids to tectonic plates. But I prefer to think other wise.

[@Dawn_Aramoana63]

Cool 😎

[@yyyyy354]

Was this event recorded in cctv?

[@johnishikawa2200]

Are volcanoes always situated directly above subduction zones , i.e. places where one plate - the denser oceanic plate - subducts or ' dives ' under the continental plate and into the magma ? Or can volcanoes be ' born ' , albeit less frequently , at locations on the continental plates that are far away from these subduction zones ? There are underwater volcanoes that are born under the sea , on the ocean's floor - I suppose that this would be an example of such a volcano , one that is formed far from a subduction zone .

[@dgse83]

Yes, you can get volcanoes in 'hotspots' - where the earth's crust is slightly less deep, and so hot lava can push it's way to the surface. As the plates move around it, it can create a conveyor of volanic islands in a line, or cluster - like Hawaii, Galapagos or Moluccas

[@michaelsoderling9451]

What’s with the music drowning the narrator?

[@maxsalvail3397]

sound too high, then too low. Who is this sound techinician?

[@CheveraChino]

Where can I watch this if not in England

[@booshter9714]

Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[@Gmez759]

@@booshter9714you’re not the smartest are you

[@booshter9714]

@@Gmez759 you don't have a sense of humour, do you?

[@davidsheckler4450]

Can't kill what can't be physically proven to have ever existed

[@MichaelTurner-vw8uk]

Lookd as is need some of ocean water where your at there.

[@ss-qz1ew]

is this a trailer ?

[@Psalm1101]

No most likely what hit the earth to make the moon they emerged and it started from there. The result the moon and a magnetic shield

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

Seeshhh

[@bofpwet9500]

Huuuuuuuuu, no? The mechanisms inside earth that are behind plate tectonic have nothing to do with any collisions earth endured I would think and were actives basically forever and are still gonna be there for a very long time, where is this idea even coming from? Any researches or papers about it to link to us that would support this claim bbc?

[@TimesRyan]

Can't hear

[@Yatagarasu2001]

i hear perfectly fine? might want to get your ears checked out.

[@SuperHyperExtra]

Very interesting but unnecessarily "dramatized" for my taste...

[@Yatagarasu2001]

what do you mean by that?

[@babylov3r]

One day in the future there will be 2nd asteroid like that hit our earth. Humanity can't do anything bout it

[@sherrireves1570]

👎 background sound competes with narration

[@jp5125]

Could have had someone who can speak properly narrate this surely

[@blucat4]

Unwatchable. The music is soooo much louder than the commentary that it's unwatchable. Didn't watch past 10 secs. Dislike.

[@user-gg6mt5nf5s]

READ THE BIBLE CHAPTER ONE ,,IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE UNIVERSE AND EARTH DONT MOCK GODS WORD IF USE Want to eat breakfast AMEN

[@Sannidor]

Speculations and fantasies - NOT science 😄

[@hover9059]

i believe in god create our universe, i don’t believe into BBC or what ever story ,

[@MrFossil367ab45gfyth]

This has nothing to do with God. This is a science show.

[@bryguysays2948]

​@@MrFossil367ab45gfythIs the Science from this video/theory observable, testable and or repeatable? You know it's funny how some Scientists claim that supposedly an asteroid or planet hit each and every planet in our solar system causing them to be the way they are...

[@MrFossil367ab45gfyth]

@bryguysays2948 , ok all because we can't test, repeat, or see, it doesn't mean it never happened. For example, evolution isn't something you can see but we see proof of it in fossils, anatomy, DNA, etc.

[@ashleystevenson3986]

idiot

[@wow-fu8df]

@@bryguysays2948 you're fine with your children being groomed in your schools and will believe whatever lies your politicians will tell you but the one thing you won't believe is the universe and its history??