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The ones over here are heliostats
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Alien Worlds

The ones over here are heliostats, and they track the sunas it moves through the sky and...

The ones over here are heliostats, and they track the sun
as it moves through the sky and focus all its energy
down on that tower

Full Transcript

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The ones over here are heliostats,
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and they track the sun as it moves through the sky
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and focus all its energy down on that tower.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:01
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, animation, sci-fi

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Movie Summary

Applying the laws of life on Earth to rest of the galaxy, this series blends science facts and fiction to imagine alien life on other planets.
S01 • E02 And in the natural world, - Alien Worlds 00:05
And in the natural world,
S01 • E04 And that energy goes out into the world - Alien Worlds 00:06
And that energy goes out into the world
S01 • E04 More and more of our transport, - Alien Worlds 00:05
More and more of our transport,
S01 • E04 Basically, everything that keeps us safe, - Alien Worlds 00:07
Basically, everything that keeps us safe,
S01 • E02 My first childhood memory of the scorpion, - Alien Worlds 00:09
My first childhood memory of the scorpion,
S01 • E04 And more and more of that electricity - Alien Worlds 00:06
And more and more of that electricity
S01 • E02 I screamed "Mom!" - Alien Worlds 00:28
I screamed "Mom!"
S01 • E04 But humans use only a tiny fraction of all the energy available from the sun. - Alien Worlds 00:16
But humans use only a tiny fraction of all the energy availa...
S01 • E04 For comparison, that's very roughly 2,000 Hiroshima bombs every second. - Alien Worlds 00:06
For comparison, that's very roughly 2,000 Hiroshima bom...
S01 • E04 Well, humanity uses 410 quintillion joules... in a year. - Alien Worlds 00:07
Well, humanity uses 410 quintillion joules... in a year.
S01 • E02 Carlos Santibáñez-López is now an expert on scorpions, - Alien Worlds 00:10
Carlos Santibáñez-López is now an expert on scorpions,
S01 • E04 So, in a year, we fail to use - Alien Worlds 00:07
So, in a year, we fail to use
S01 • E04 Imagine if we could capture all that energy - Alien Worlds 00:06
Imagine if we could capture all that energy
S01 • E02 I go at night and I use the UV light, - Alien Worlds 00:08
I go at night and I use the UV light,
S01 • E04 According to astrophysicists, - Alien Worlds 00:12
According to astrophysicists,
S01 • E02 Scorpions have barely changed in 400 million years. - Alien Worlds 00:06
Scorpions have barely changed in 400 million years.
S01 • E04 By this measure, the civilization on Terra is supremely advanced. - Alien Worlds 00:07
By this measure, the civilization on Terra is supremely adva...
S01 • E02 Scorpions have a very slow metabolism. - Alien Worlds 00:05
Scorpions have a very slow metabolism.
S01 • E02 They can spend long periods without food or water. - Alien Worlds 00:05
They can spend long periods without food or water.
S01 • E04 It has built solar panels in space, - Alien Worlds 00:06
It has built solar panels in space,