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NOVA; Earth From Space
01/23/2013
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- Series
- NOVA
- Program
- Earth From Space
- Program Number
4006
- Series Description
Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974
- Program Description
A special 2 hour presentation.
This film reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, NOVA takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate web of forces that sustains life on earth. Viewers witness how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a vast submarine "waterfall" off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents around the world; and how the sun's heating up of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane. From the microscopic world of water molecules vaporizing over the ocean to the magnetic field that is bigger than Earth itself, the show reveals the astonishing beauty and complexity of our dynamic planet.
A Canada / United Kingdom Co-Production
Produced by Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd, Shock of Mighty Productions and Handel Productions (EFS) Inc.
In association with NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation and Discovery Channel Canada
- Duration
01:56:46
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Science
- Citation
- Chicago: “NOVA; Earth From Space,” 01/23/2013, GBH Archives, accessed October 4, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_260890B0EFFF4C0E8B34107754D596A8.
- MLA: “NOVA; Earth From Space.” 01/23/2013. GBH Archives. Web. October 4, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_260890B0EFFF4C0E8B34107754D596A8>.
- APA: NOVA; Earth From Space. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_260890B0EFFF4C0E8B34107754D596A8