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What on Earth?

Hundreds of satellites orbit Earth and capture the world like it's never been seen before, sometimes revealing objects and phenomena that defy explanation. Explore these unusual images as scientists attempt to explain mysteries seen from space.
202210 episodesTV-PG
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  1. S11 E1 - Secret Soviet Spacecraft
    June 22, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture a bizarre industrial complex in the remote and vast desert expanse of Kazakhstan; experts investigate and uncover a massive hangar containing the most expensive spacecraft in the history of Soviet era space exploration.
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  2. S11 E2 - Range of Nazi Evil
    June 29, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture dozens of perfectly straight parallel lines hidden in the dense Polish woodlands; experts investigate and uncover a massive WWII military complex once used as a notorious and deadly Nazi weapons training facility.
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  3. S11 E3 - Doomsday Lair of Greece
    July 6, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture bizarre structures fenced within a remote mountaintop complex on the Greek island of Kefalonia; experts investigate and discover a network of massive satellites linked to a hidden NATO doomsday communications bunker.
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  4. S11 E4 - Mystery of the Welsh Mine
    July 13, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture monumental ruins surrounded by bizarre feather-shaped structures on a Welsh mountaintop; experts investigate and uncover a hidden tunnel containing the remains of an abandoned slate mine with an exploitative and deadly past.
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  5. S11 E5 - Riddle of Sardinia Tower
    July 20, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture a triangular castle-like tower located on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia; experts investigate and uncover the relics of a declining ancient civilization that may have suffered a celestial catastrophe.
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  6. S11 E6 - Circles of the High Kings
    July 27, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture two conjoined circular structures embedded in the lush and rolling landscape of Ireland; experts investigate and uncover an ancient site linked to legendary figures and the elusive hunt for the Ark of the Covenant.
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  7. S11 E7 - Russia's Lightning Lab
    August 3, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Aerial drone imaging captures oddly shaped industrial-sized towers mysteriously situated in a forest clearing near Moscow; experts investigate and uncover a lost Soviet era military compound and the development of a catastrophic electromagnetic weapon.
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  8. S11 E8 - Poland's Secret Nazi Compound
    August 10, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Satellite images capture a series of enormous zigzagging patterns carved into the remote woodlands of Poland; experts investigate and uncover a clandestine Nazi base linked to a doomed operation that played a pivotal role in the downfall of WWII Germany.
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  9. S11 E9 - Holes of Dead Sea Destruction
    August 17, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Aerial drone imaging captures clusters of enormous, perfectly round holes scattered along the coast of the Dead Sea in Israel; experts investigate and reveal a history of destructive water diversion linked to massive sinkholes devouring the region.
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  10. S11 E10 - Ancient Rome's El Dorado
    August 24, 2022
    42min
    TV-PG
    Aerial archaeologists capture bizarre, spider-like markings etched deep into the mountains of Northern Spain; experts investigate and uncover an ancient site that contained one of the largest and most important gold mining operations of the Roman Empire.
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