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Into the Inferno

We should've booked a ticketon the International Space Station to look down from aboveand...

We should've booked a ticket
on the International Space Station to look down from above
and appreciate its vast scale. The eruption occurred
something like 74,000 years ago. This was a monstrous,
stupendous volcanic eruption, one of the very largest
that we've documented in all of Earth history
for a single event

Full Transcript

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We should've booked a ticket on the International Space Station
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to look down from above and appreciate its vast scale.
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The eruption occurred something like 74,000 years ago.
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This was a monstrous, stupendous volcanic eruption,
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one of the very largest that we've documented
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in all of Earth history for a single event.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
79
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:46
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Matter of Fact Media,Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,Spring Films

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Movie Summary

An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
The skies would've been darkened, - Into the Inferno 00:28
The skies would've been darkened,
Enough pumice came out to bury everyone in the United States to head-height. - Into the Inferno 00:08
Enough pumice came out to bury everyone in the United States...
It's something like 10,000 times larger - Into the Inferno 00:07
It's something like 10,000 times larger
It's 100,000 times greater - Into the Inferno 00:10
It's 100,000 times greater
This was the stupendous event in Earth history. - Into the Inferno 00:06
This was the stupendous event in Earth history.
And there's even a theory that the eruption - Into the Inferno 00:07
And there's even a theory that the eruption
Based on the genetic pedigree of living humans, - Into the Inferno 00:12
Based on the genetic pedigree of living humans,
And the link is between the climate change wrought by the eruption, - Into the Inferno 00:12
And the link is between the climate change wrought by the er...
Perhaps there were as few as 600 of our species left on Earth. - Into the Inferno 00:07
Perhaps there were as few as 600 of our species left on Eart...
This theory is very controversial, however. - Into the Inferno 00:05
This theory is very controversial, however.
And that's because there's a very limited amount of evidence - Into the Inferno 00:06
And that's because there's a very limited amount o...
In particular, there are very few human fossils - Into the Inferno 00:07
In particular, there are very few human fossils
If we want to find human fossils from 74,000 years ago, - Into the Inferno 00:09
If we want to find human fossils from 74,000 years ago,
[Werner] This is part of the Danakil Depression, - Into the Inferno 00:41
[Werner] This is part of the Danakil Depression,
This depression is only part of a long, stretched rift, - Into the Inferno 00:35
This depression is only part of a long, stretched rift,
Erta Ale is also important for its significance to early man. - Into the Inferno 00:14
Erta Ale is also important for its significance to early man...
Look at that. It's translucent at the edges. - Into the Inferno 00:06
Look at that. It's translucent at the edges.
And very sharp still. You could probably shave with that. - Into the Inferno 00:06
And very sharp still. You could probably shave with that.
This grid was apparently a tool manufacturing site. - Into the Inferno 00:24
This grid was apparently a tool manufacturing site.
Well, I had-- I studied history for my bachelor's degree. - Into the Inferno 00:07
Well, I had-- I studied history for my bachelor's degre...