Thread: Birth of the Earth (my passion)

How the Planet Earth was Made PART 1 of 3

(0:22) For thousands of years humans had no knowledge about the true age or origin of World, but just from 200 years ago human discovered how the Earth was made.

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(1:04) Scotland, the Edinburgh Coast (...) 1788 (...)

(1:32) It is now believed that the Earth was formed from collisions from among the countless meteors that made up the early solar system. (...)

(2:02) And mateors rained down in a relentless bombardment.

(2:32) Today, 4.5 billion years is still the acceped age of the Earth. (...)

(2:52) Impact expert Daniel D Derda supports the theory that the source of most of the Earths water is extra terestial. (..) The water rich asteriods and comets that peppered the Earth.

(3:16) What I have here is a piece of meteorite. This is the material from which the Earth itself formed. This primitive little meteorite contains about 5% water.

It's that water in objects like this that was delivered to the Earth to form the Earths oceans.

(4:06) 4 billion years ago the Earth was 1/2 a billion years old. Over 90% of it's surface had become a vast ocean.

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6:22 end of first of three sort exerts of the big 45 minute Program.

Here are the three shorts

How the Planet Earth was made PART1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7m9...e_gdata_player
(6:22) 9,821 views

PART 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9x...e_gdata_player
(6:52) 7,893

PART 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfNs...e_gdata_player
(8:04) 4,007 views

Here is where the above shorts were taken from:

How The Earth Was Made
3/10 - Birth of the Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG7P...e_gdata_player

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