Inside Planet Earth

Inside Planet Earth

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Inside Planet EarthIt's the ultimate voyage our world has to offer: a journey from the temperate surface of our world to the fiery core of the Earth.

With the aid of stunning visual effects, the unexplored interior of the Earth is split wide open, giving us an unbelievable view. From glowing seams of pure iron ore to sparkling diamond caverns to the magnetic field that keeps us safe from the lethal radiation of space... for now, this is the fantastical world we live in -- and never see.

From the heights of Mount Everest to the molten lava fields of Hawaii to the very core of our planet, the geologic forces that have changed the planet's face over the past 4.6 billion years are revealed.

With state-of-the-art effects and the latest scientific information, this is the story of striking meteorites, gigantic eruptions, the movement of continents and other geologic events that have shaped our amazing Earth.

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TC
TC
4 years ago

The title of this 1998 documentary is "Amazing Earth", not "Inside Planet Earth".

Fender24
Fender24
8 years ago

A new X-ray analysis of molten iron has revealed that the Earth’s inner core is 1,000 degrees hotter than previously thought.
the temperature of the earths inner core is 6000 degrees kelvin just as hot as the suns surface, yea our little core is as hot as a star!. we have an inner sun. Those who believe in Hollow earth theory claim the core is an inner sun, now they have scientific proof on this. and since we know very little about the make up of the inner earth, which is based on theoryand seismic measurement and not fact. We haven't been able to probe the earth to go look for ourselves, or maybe Admiral Byrd could give us some clue about how it is down there :)

KilyaGod
KilyaGod
8 years ago

I fall in love more and more everyday with this site and the people here.

Bulldog Hero
Bulldog Hero
9 years ago

I would have enjoyed it more if the spanish subtitles had the option to be turned off.

Cookie Falcone
Cookie Falcone
10 years ago

Sorry but the narrator made an error within the first 13 minutes. He said stalactites grow up from the ground and stalagmites down from the ceiling. It is just the opposite!
I loved earth science when I was in school, and the way I was able to remember which was which, was by knowing the C IN STALACTITES WAS FOR CEILING, and the G IN STALAGMITES WAS FOR GROUND UP!
whoever wrote the program should try and correct it.
Cookie Falcone CNY

Quebec/Canada
Quebec/Canada
11 years ago

Great documentary. Thanks

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12 years ago

Excellent doc, that help us to improve our knowledge about earth's core. Good graphics and research

Guest
Guest
12 years ago

they cant even explain the cambrian explosion. Why dont we investigate real phenomenon that will help us instead of making excuses for human deprivation

Guest
Guest
12 years ago

what did this experiment cost?
with overunity it proves tesla was right. we never needed oil. Someone can control its distribution. So they hyptnotize us all. wheres the energy come from a magnet has? day or night indoor and outdoor. we live in an electric field. Gravitus is a word newton invented. He never said what it was. Werner von braun discovered gravity wasnt universal in 1958 with the explorer program, but chose not to say anything about it. We need to be independent of the energy monopolies. You breath the air freely so should you get energy free

andi101
andi101
12 years ago

Re EZ2B12:- I almost feel sad for you Canadians, you live in one of the most beautiful parts of this world, on one of the biggest land masses and yet almost every Canadian I have ever spoken to seems ignorant to the world around them...You say that emissions and extraction of oil is harmless as you see nothing that is not manageable risks...Can I ask, what do you replace the oil in the ground with? Can you in all your knowledge, confirm to me that you know for a fact that all of this robbing of our worlds natural products by drilling deep into the core is not in any way, shape or form having a link to the fact that mega quakes are on the increase? I understand and realise that the actual number of quakes world wide is not increasing as geologists claim(although many people disagree) however the intensity of both mag and MMI is, and these big quakes are appearing on previously undiscovered fault lines....also don't disrespect me just because its your belief that we have reptilian brains that have evolved....to that I say...if that were true why then do we still have reptiles etc walking on this planet with us? Why if we evolved did our entire species not evolve? Its not just damage to the planet either, its the way people are now focused on making more money at any cost, with no regard for human beings or our planet that will see the demise of mankind...just my belief..yes it is...can I see proof everyday worldwide that signs are beginning to show that this planet has had enough? yes...

Dude!
Dude!
13 years ago

@Achems Razor

Im not sure, but i think the reason for not seeing Hatemachine is because he got laid!! suddenly physics seems pointless hehehe....

Achems Razor
Achems Razor
13 years ago

Read all the comments again, (LOL) where the h@ll is the Hate Machine?
have not seen him around for quite awhile, need him to bring back some spice to TDF.

habshead
habshead
13 years ago

Hahahah. I didn't watch the doc. I prefered to read all the comments. HaTeMaChInE and aliases ..too much fun.

toddy
toddy
13 years ago

wow!!! A truly fascinating program. It had me glued to the screen. It had answered some of my questions, but raises others.

Doc
Doc
13 years ago

Very nice documentary with beautiful images and a good story. However the narrator is utter, complete c@#$! Use your real voice ffs!

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

I loved the Matrix, the movie or at least the first one. The film makers should have quit, I think, after they made the first one. I thought it was a good movie about enlightenment. I don't know what the other two movies were about.

As for Mara, I am in a transition (again) of what the devil, Satan is. I remember first coming across the idea that Mara is part of the continuum of the Lord Buddha or whatever and that one cannot have one without the other. Some really wonderful things happened to me here in Korea, but they would not have happened if this really evil acting person did not interfere and give me a really awful time.

As I said, I am in flux in my thinking about who or what is Mara. I have been here before and became convinced that Mara was a definite entity. Now, I am not so convinced. What I do know for sure is that you, Randy, is no Mara.

Randy
Randy
13 years ago

Don't get defensive, there Lori!

Uncle Randy knows the Bhuddah, "The Awakened One" While the world slept Siddartha woke up!

(Just like jesus and NEO from "The Matrix" ho-hum...)

I am Mara, the Prince is the Architect of my Soul!

*Randy grins evilly*

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

Randy, Prince Siddhartha wasn't the Buddha when he was meditating that time when Mara came and tried to tempt him. This was before he became enlightened. I did not think it was like Jesus in the wilderness though because Prince Siddhartha was not preparing himself for a ministry and execution, far from it. Once he found the middle path, the Buddha was not convinced he should teach others but became convinced to share the dharma.

I have nothing against Jesus and in fact found his Sermon on the Mount a remarkable piece of literature that more Christians should become acquainted with. I am always surprised that many are not aware of it as I am surprised here of the Buddhists who don't know how to meditate. Oh well....

Randy
Randy
13 years ago

Well, when Mara came to Prince Siddartha as he meditated beneath the tree, He tempted the Prince with many vices...

(Much like jesus in the wilderness, right?)

But you you are right, The Bhudahh said nothing to him and ignored the tempter. Even as Mara hurled great fire and armies against him...

Prince Siddartha had a big brain... I would totally eat his brein...

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

fsin, Buy the Way is a nice store that is all over the place that you can buy bulgogi. I remember a story in my anthropology classes in college that Eskimos have many names for snow. In Korea, there are many names for rice. I can't eat wheat and other related starches but I can eat rice. I love rice although I limit myself to starch because of weight issues. I have lost over 50 lbs since coming here.

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

Randy, I am trying to remember what Prince Siddhartha said to Mara and I don't recall he said anything. I do know he said to his ego, "at last I have met you." That was in the movie.

Randy
Randy
13 years ago

Well, you know what Prince Siddartha would say to Satan, don't you?

fsln
fsln
13 years ago

thanks Lori...
by the way love me some Bulgogi...

fsln
fsln
13 years ago

thanks Lori...
buy the way love me some Bulgogi...

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

Well, there is a lot of churches here in South Korea, but there is a lot of Buddhist temples too. Buddha's birthday is a national holiday.

From what I understand, this country was very Buddhist until the last Japanese invasion which the Buddhists here in Korea did not protest. It turned a lot of Koreans against them so Christian missionaries were encouraged to come.

This country is technically still at war and the USA the only thing keeping North Korea from coming down here. Everyone here loves anything American.

Randy
Randy
13 years ago

@Lori

Sweetheart! I need a 45 step program!

However, you know I do not believe in that stuff.

Seriously, though, you didn't know that Druids are largely revered in England, as least as curiosities?

Did you not know that Satanism and Hallowe'en are extremely popular in Japan and most of asia? (Not South Korea, the christiest place on Earth! Vomit...)

I mean they play with it like a toy... which is fun... that's what I do, as well.

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

Randy, I made a mistake. The Druids are now legal in the UK. It was in the Time Magazine I just got from Home Plus. I can get only two magazines in Korea in English, Newsweek and Time. You need a 13-step program.

Randy
Randy
13 years ago

@LORI

HAHAHAHA! Yes! Very good...

Let Uncle Randy give you a kiss, come here...

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

Randy, do you know the Koreans do not celebrate Halloween? It is a good thing I was not counting on dressing in a costume on the 31st. Another interesting news event is that Druids are not legal in the UK. Now, with those two events, I am not sure where the zombies come in, however there is a 12-step program for brain eaters located in your state. You might look into it.

Randy
Randy
13 years ago

@EZ

Again I say to you, you rock, hard!

Jazz is a great American Art Form. Free form, improvisational, just mind expanding music!

Can I get some of your brains for the eating? Come here for a second... I want to tell you something...

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

fsin, Neal Adams has an interesting idea however what little I could find on the Internet does not give enough information, for me, to figure out his ideas in perspective to other ideas on this subject. Still, it seems intriguing.

fsln
fsln
13 years ago

does anyone have any insight, on the expanding earth theory by neal adams... i

tarani
tarani
13 years ago

hi guys u no earth is want to break.

Nader
Nader
13 years ago

so we got 7.5 miles down, more than 12 Kms, amazing

Nader
Nader
13 years ago

I love going through the comments in this site! sometimes I learn more from them than i do from the videos! great site!
PEACE

Lori George Alexander
Lori George Alexander
13 years ago

I really enjoyed this documentary about the planet earth and the world beneath our feet. It answered a lot of the questions that I had and posed other ones. It had some good interviews by scientists and some good special effects. Maybe we should call this planet, Goldilocks, because it is not too hot or too cold and has everything we need to sustain life at least for a while.

As for the questions that it poses, they are interesting and maybe scary. I knew that the magnetic pole was reversing but not about the implications. I did not know about the North Atlantic problem. I also did not know that the core of the earth was cooling. I often wondered exactly what was the magnetic pole and I think this film explains it very well. Well, like us all, the Earth has issues.

There are some repetition, but some viewers might need it. I think it is well worth viewing.

ez2b12
ez2b12
13 years ago

@ blacev

Oh, I misunderstood I suppose. It was not condescending though. I could not agree with you more about the pop science and learning about physics. I am currently taking my requiremenmts for a physics degree. I already have a degree in theology/history but curriculum has changed and I have to take some courses that are now requirements that were not when I got my first degrees. Plus I have to catch up on math, my favorite subject. Of course eventually we will actually get to the physics, cant wait. Wish me luck!! You should check out jazz man, you do not know what your missing.

blackev
blackev
13 years ago

@ez2b12

haha, sorry mabey i should not have used the jazz analogy, I think its great you can play jazz but i was really refering to the physics, you are clearly interested in physics, you should put your interest to practical benifit and get a book on the subject and not one of those pop science one like 'universe in a nutshell' by stephen hawking, the pop science ones can be fun to read but not very practical.

sorry if that sounds condecending, i just think it would be a great benifit if more people got into learlning the formalities of physics.

P.S. I don't really know much about jazz.

ez2b12
ez2b12
13 years ago

@ blacev

I do play jazz man. I play guitar and have since I was five years old. My dad started me out in blue grass if you can believe it. Don't get me wrong it is great type of music and very difficult to play, just not my style. But the very first time I heard Jango Rienhardt play i was hooked. I was just using that for an example. Good to meet another Jazz fan anytime though.

@ Holy Wow

Sorry man you are too late. I've decided not to hold discourse with idiots anymore. By the way "piss in... cheerios" very classy man, very classy. As far as spelling and grammar, if you have to have it perfect then do not bother reading my posts, or about 70 % of the others for that matter.

blackev
blackev
13 years ago

"Is it possible that some of the mass that is lost in fusion is tranformed into the strong nuclear force that holds the nuclie of the newly created atom together? Thats really cool if that is so and truly shows that mass and energy are completely interchangable. In fact they are the same thing if you look at it a certain way."

I would agree with you that mass and energy are the same thing based on einsteins equation.
regarding the strong force idea, i wouln't be able to give an answer with any confidence, i don't know much about the strong forces, although it is always great fun to think about, the idea is not st**id just underdeveloped.

Its more fun to play jazz than to listen to it and even more fun to play it well, but that takes time, patience and the right instructor.
I hope your love for jazz will inspire you to play.

holy wow
holy wow
13 years ago

hey there ez2b12.
In general I read these to find out about the docs and if I should watch but I must say "holy wow"!! Dude buy a dictionary so you can look like its...'easy to be 12' you mental tick. Take your broken ego to some other site and piss in their cheerios.
peace out.
Buy the way whoever runs this site A++ and a big thank you for all your time and effort as I enjoy it a great deal. One of the best out there.

ez2b12
ez2b12
13 years ago

@ blacev

Thankyou so much for your detailed answer. No I had not really had my questioned answered, well i had but in a very brief and unfriendly manner. Most every one just wanted to tell me how stupid I must be. I am very uninformed about physics but I am very far from stupid. I even have people telling me that since I do not understand the details of fusing or splitting Iron that I had no right promoting science as it would lead people away from it. Thats like saying since you do not know how to play the sax you should not promote jazz. Any way thanks again your answer is very detailed and informative.

Is it possible that some of the mass that is lost in fusion is tranformed into the strong nuclear force that holds the nuclie of the newly created atom together? Thats really cool if that is so and truly shows that mass and energy are completely interchangable. In fact they are the same thing if you look at it a certain way. I heard a qoute one time that said, "Today a young man... realized that all matter is merely energy condenced to a slow vibration." Its part of a stand up routine actually by Bill Hicks- (my favorite person/comedian of all time)

Achems Razor
Achems Razor
13 years ago

@blackev:

I was thinking the same thing, they like grasping at straws, don't tell @Charles B, though.

blackev
blackev
13 years ago

just watched the rest of it, again facinating.
more water in the earth than on its surface haha, creationists are gonna have a field day, they found noahs 'missing water'

blackev
blackev
13 years ago

@ ez2b12

not sure if you got your answer yet (no time to read all the comment)

fusion is the process where light atom combine, this result in a release of energy, by the time you get up to iron, fusion no longer realeses energy and actually requires energy.

fission is the process where heavy atoms break apart, this results in a release of energy, by the time you get down to iron, fission no longer realese energy and actually requires enery.

naturally everything goes from an ordered state to a disordered state, in our case the convertion of mass to energy would result in a more disordered state.

iron would be the most disordered piece of matter meaning that natuaraly iron would not undergo fusion or fission.

it is important to note that when matter undergoes fission or fusion the product weighs less than the parts,.
eg. two hydrogen weighing 1mass unit each combine (fusion) to produce helium, the helium does not weigh 2 mass units, it weighs less than 2, what happend to the mass?, it was converted to other forms of energy like light and heat (E=mc^2), and because light and heat are a more disordered form of energy these reactions will happen natuarly, untill you get to iron, getting bigger than iron will give you a product mass greater than the sum of the parts, getting smaller than iron will also give you a product mass greater than the sum of the parts, thus it all stops with iron.

why do things naturally go from an ordered state to a disordered state?, my answer would be that time and the increase of disorder are the same thing.

in a way the iron does know it needs to produce energy, if it is going foward in time it must increase its disorder not decrease it.

i hope this answers your question.

i am open to be corrected if all or any part of what i have said is incorrect.

P.S.
i hate the ps3 browser!!

Charles B.
Charles B.
13 years ago

Yea! Success. That was a very good documentary.

Charles B.
Charles B.
13 years ago

Ahhh! We got an error message! Bummer. We'll have to try again tomorrow. We got to the part where the Earths solid core is growing and we want to find out what that means! Panic in the streets? Should we well our safe little house in Manila and move to Yellowstone to enjoy the hotsprings? Life is full of questions. :-)

ez2b12
ez2b12
13 years ago

@ Young

I could not agree more, about the fact that humans tend to be overly dramatic and assume the worst. That's why i support the scientific method above all others, because I think it tries to cut through our primitive thought processes and actually get at the truth.

The huge division between the haves and the have nots has made most Americans very suspiciouse of the establishment. Since most of us have been told that it is the big oil and gas companies that are truly pulling the strings and pushing the buttons we tend to see everything they do as bad for the environment and fueled by greed and corruption. I wonder just how true this really is sometimes.

Don't get me wrong I do have an issue with the profits I here big companies like Exxon and BP make every quarter, well let me rephrase that. I have no problem with them making as much money as they can as long as they take care of thier responsibilities to the earth, after all it was this beautiful Earth that provided them with the means to make said profit and, more importantly, I have to live here.

I also insist they take care of thier employees, if it is true that BP new that those poor souls could and very well probably would end up dead in the event of a fire and they decided to save money insted of protecting them- well they should hang for that. But I am no drill platform expert, in fact I know nothing about them at all. All I know is what the media told me so i have to wonder about that as well.

Finally, I think they make enough profit to do all of the above and still invest in the future, by that I mean renewables. They make plenty to invest in this, take care of all thier responsibilities, and still make a nice profit for themselves- in my opinion that is. That said I wish we would all learn to take what we hear with a grain of salt when it comes to big oil and gas. We must remember that they are everyones favorite people to hate lately and in reality we could not survive without them.

Does the company you work for take care of you guys pretty well? I mean safety wise as well as wages, I hope so. You perform a vital function for the operation of society. I will check the thread for the Gas Land doc and see what you thought later, nice talking to you man.

young
young
13 years ago

ez2b12

I work in the oil fields in Ft McMurray,Alberta, Canada. The oil is topical and mined. They extract Natural Gas from rigs off of the surrounding waters from my native Nova Scotia, although I haven't worked there personally, but I do know people who have and there hasn't been any complaints as of yet. Their have been lots of complaints about the water in Ft. McMurray, most have been proven false, but that could be by people being paid off, or on the other hand people who want to shut it down at all costs and won't accept their explanations. But nothing is happening like you described as in the film.

There are different methods for extracting natural gas depending whether it is in land or not, whether it is topical or deep, which is most cost efficient compared to environmentally efficient and so forth. I haven't watched the documentary you recommended but I will today and let you know what I think of it. But as usually is the case, we as humans are drawn towards worst case scenarios and irrational fear which doesn't represent the real risk that's involved. And that leads to hysteria. Just keep that in mind when you learn anything. To use our rational thinking brain is to go against 100's of thousands of years of evolution of our reptilian instinctual brain.

rhea
rhea
13 years ago

Thank you for explaining, young.

Hope you can find the work you're looking for, whether in Norway (beautiful country!) or The Netherlands.
I was in Bangor (Maine) this Februari, and I guess it's like the eastern coast of Canada. Love it in Maine -- especially in wintertime. But I've been there in summertime too -- and sailing the lakes was great.

And U were forgiven already :)