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Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (appro. 4 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Of all continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. Hosted by geologist Richard Smith, viewers meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the Land Down Under.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recent investigations hint at episodes in the history of life on Earth that rival the most imaginative movies. For example: Could our planet have been seeded with life from elsewhere? Did the development of life create conditions that threatened to poison the biosphere? How have natural forces conspired, over and over, to remove most traces of life from the planet? And how has life itself responded with determination to survive and thrive in a multitude...
Series
Best of the History Channel volume III
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color + 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Discover how continents were formed, canyons were carved, and why the animals live where they do. Based on recent findings by renowned scientists and filmed on location across the globe, the riveting visuals and groundbreaking special effects will transport you on a informative journey through time and deliver you back to the birth of Planet Earth.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join Dr. Rose as he uncovers the roots of this story in ancient Sumeria, dives to the bottom of the Persian Gulf to search for flooded settlements and ventures through war-torn Iraq to find evidence of a colossal flood.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Nova investigates a provocative new theory that suggests the extinction of more than 34 types of large prehistoric mega-creatures, such as the saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth, was caused not by climate change or the arrival of the first human hunters, but by the massive breakup of a comet over the Great Lakes region at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,900 years ago." WGBH/Nova website.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 472 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and producer Jane Root present a cinematic event series hosted by Will Smith and featuring the only people who have left Earth behind: astronauts. Experience an epic tour-de-force around the globe and into space, revealing the extraordinary forces that make our planet function and allow life to thrive.
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's an ultimate voyage that our world has to offer. A journey from the temperate surface 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.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 2 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt designated the nation's first National Monument and opened the door for all future Presidents to join him in his quest to recognize the diverse depth and breadth of this great nation. Roosevelt's purpose was to preserve significant parcels of American history and geology for future generations of Americans to experience. Hence forth, each National Monument has been designated by a sitting U.S. President as his...
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVD (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Since 1906, each National monument in America has been designated by a sitting President as a personal memorial of an area he deemed deserving of preservation for future generations. Visit the monuments from America's historic South and experience the fascinating story of the nation's past."--Container cover insert.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Packed with ingenious scientific work and spectacular fossils, Nova's Ice Age Death Trap reveals intimate secrets of the life and death of North America's most exotic and extreme creatures: mastodons, saber tooth cats and camels, giant bison with six-foot horns, and ground sloths as big as elephants. Most tantalizing of all, the excavation, organized by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, unearths startling and controversial evidence of what...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 streaming video file (39 min., 19 sec.))
Language
English
Description
"EOSDIS is working toward a vision of a cloud-based, highly flexible system to meet its ever-growing and evolving data demands. Cumulus, a free and open source framework, supports this vision via configurable workflows to ingest, process, archive, manage, and distribute NASA's Earth imagery. The Cumulus infrastructure is designed for scalability and reliability, using much of the AWS serverless platform, which enables Cumulus to scale in real time...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Albert Lin seeks out the truth behind two great stories of the Bible. Could real events lie behind the parting of the Red Sea and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? To solve these mysteries Albert will use satellites and space age technology to look beneath the earth's surface to reveal secrets that have been buried for thousands of years.
Author
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (1,080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic."-- back of container.
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