Name: New York
Released: 2009-03-10

How the Earth Was Made

S1 · E5 — New York

S1:E5 · New York

Episodes

13 episodes in this season

San Andreas Fault

45 min

The Deepest Place on Earth

45 min

Krakatoa

45 min

Loch Ness

45 min

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New York

45 min

Driest Place on Earth

45 min

Great Lakes

45 min

Yellowstone

45 min

Tsunami

45 min

E10

Asteroids

45 min

E11

Iceland

45 min

E12

Hawaii

45 min

E13

The Alps

45 min

How the Earth Was Made

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New York

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Mar 10, 2009

It is one of the most man-made spaces on the planet, but everything in New York from the height of the skyscrapers to the way the subway was constructed to the position of the harbor is governed by the extraordinary forces that ultimately shaped this city. You can tell the geology of Manhattan at a glance by looking at the skyline. The skyscrapers of Midtown and Downtown are built on hard granite; the low-rise buildings in between are built on a soft, gravelly soil left over from the Ice Age. Learn how New Jersey and North Africa were neighbors 250 million years ago, how the rocks New York are built on are the remains of mountains that 450 million years ago were as tall as the Himalayas, and how Long Island is covered in rubble that remained as ice sheets retreated 10,000 years ago.

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How the Earth Was Made

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200945m7.3

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New York

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Mar 10, 2009

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