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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.

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Martin Johnson

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National Geographic,The Garden Productions

Awards

2 nominations

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NARRATOR: Even if you can
make it through the atmosphere... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Even if you can make it through the atmosphere...

One that made it to the surface, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

One that made it to the surface,

Thanks to a mysterious alien force. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Thanks to a mysterious alien force.

NARRATOR: The longest running rover
that has ever explored Mars - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: The longest running rover that has ever explored M...

The sandy plains of Meridiani Planum. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The sandy plains of Meridiani Planum.

Still sitting here today
is the lifeless shell - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Still sitting here today is the lifeless shell

Expected to operate for 90 days, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Expected to operate for 90 days,

And the key to its marathon mission
was a mysterious force, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And the key to its marathon mission was a mysterious force,

(beeping) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Opportunity's mission
was to hunt for evidence - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Opportunity's mission was to hunt for evidenc...

CALLAS: Landing on Mars is very difficult. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

CALLAS: Landing on Mars is very difficult.

(instrumental music playing) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

(instrumental music playing)

NARRATOR: To protect their rover, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: To protect their rover,

NARRATOR: Shock absorbers... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Shock absorbers...

CALLAS: When you think
about half a billion-dollar spacecraft - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

CALLAS: When you think about half a billion-dollar spacecraf...

NARRATOR: Opportunity
was safe on the ground. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Opportunity was safe on the ground.

JAMES: When we landed
and we saw the first view - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

JAMES: When we landed and we saw the first view

I remember crying and saying,
"This is exploration." - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

I remember crying and saying, "This is exploration.&quo...

Opportunity is turning our camera back
on this tiny little shallow crater - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Opportunity is turning our camera back on this tiny little s...

NARRATOR: Opportunity showed
us icy clouds - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Opportunity showed us icy clouds

Even the other worldly setting
of our shared sun. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Even the other worldly setting of our shared sun.

Opportunity's discoveries
were truly breathtaking. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Opportunity's discoveries were truly breathtaking.

It's much like you have an aging parent. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's much like you have an aging parent.

So we figured the rovers
would have enough time to last - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

So we figured the rovers would have enough time to last

(wind howling) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The rovers engineers were perplexed. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The rovers engineers were perplexed.

NARRATOR: As the Martian dust settled on
NASA's solar powered rover, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: As the Martian dust settled on NASA's solar p...

We have actually
a series of time lapse photographs - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We have actually a series of time lapse photographs

And we think it's something like that - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And we think it's something like that

NARRATOR: As these dust devils
move across the landscape, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: As these dust devils move across the landscape,

spiraling up to twelve miles into the sky, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

spiraling up to twelve miles into the sky,

they leave tell tail tracks behind them. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

they leave tell tail tracks behind them.

The mysterious patterns
that we can see with HiRISE. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The mysterious patterns that we can see with HiRISE.

Incredibly it was Martian weather - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Incredibly it was Martian weather

But in July 2018,
a global dust storm hit the planet. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

But in July 2018, a global dust storm hit the planet.

We never heard from the rover again. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We never heard from the rover again.

NARRATOR: Over its mission
Opportunity sent back over - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Over its mission Opportunity sent back over

DERRICK: We can clearly see
these wonderful layers of rock. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: We can clearly see these wonderful layers of rock.

NINA: We call these Blueberries because
when we first saw them - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NINA: We call these Blueberries because when we first saw th...

It's a mineral that has water
chemically bound inside. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's a mineral that has water chemically bound inside.

NARRATOR: The Black beauty meteorite
revealed moisture - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: The Black beauty meteorite revealed moisture

And Opportunity showed
there were once pools of water - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And Opportunity showed there were once pools of water

Our next stop is one of the most
intriguing features on the planet. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Our next stop is one of the most intriguing features on the ...

1,600 miles from the final resting place - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

1,600 miles from the final resting place

We can see these
long channels, like a tree, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We can see these long channels, like a tree,

NINA: As planetary geologists
we're studying the surface of the planet. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NINA: As planetary geologists we're studying the surfac...

KRISTEN: Water has a huge effect. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

KRISTEN: Water has a huge effect.

And actually shift entire landscapes. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And actually shift entire landscapes.

There were floods across the surface. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

There were floods across the surface.

NARRATOR: To cut Nirgal Vallis
into the landscape, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: To cut Nirgal Vallis into the landscape,

A river one and a half times
the size of the Nile. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

A river one and a half times the size of the Nile.

Carrying 4,800 cubic meters
of water - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Carrying 4,800 cubic meters of water

DERRICK: You know Percival Lowell
might not have been - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: You know Percival Lowell might not have been

NARRATOR: Eight hundred miles
west of Nirgal Vallis - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Eight hundred miles west of Nirgal Vallis

It's 150 miles wide. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's 150 miles wide.

NARRATOR: Just over the horizon
a feature so enormous - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Just over the horizon a feature so enormous

It rises literally out of the atmosphere. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It rises literally out of the atmosphere.

DERRICK: Since the gravity on Mars
is just one third that of Earth, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: Since the gravity on Mars is just one third that of...

NINA: If you were to look at
Olympus Mons from the side, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NINA: If you were to look at Olympus Mons from the side,

NARRATOR: Both Olympus Mons
and Valles Marineris - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Both Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris

They hold the story
of how Mars once lived. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

They hold the story of how Mars once lived.

In Mars' infancy, raging volcanoes... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

In Mars' infancy, raging volcanoes...

This lava formed a vast plateau - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This lava formed a vast plateau

The colossal mass of this new rock - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The colossal mass of this new rock

Literally tearing the planet apart. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Literally tearing the planet apart.

But with the violence of early Mars... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

But with the violence of early Mars...

This contributes to
creating a thicker atmosphere. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This contributes to creating a thicker atmosphere.

And once you have a thicker atmosphere - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And once you have a thicker atmosphere

MELISSA: There has to be
enough atmospheric pressure - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

MELISSA: There has to be enough atmospheric pressure

Having enough atmospheric pressure - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Having enough atmospheric pressure

NARRATOR: But Mars' atmosphere
wasn't to last. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: But Mars' atmosphere wasn't to last.

Our planet is protected by a force field. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Our planet is protected by a force field.

DERRICK: It's really kinda terrifying
if you think about it. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: It's really kinda terrifying if you think abou...

NINA: This ball of iron that is moving - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NINA: This ball of iron that is moving

It's kind of sloshing around in there. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's kind of sloshing around in there.

That extends tens of thousands
of miles out into space. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

That extends tens of thousands of miles out into space.

NARRATOR: The Aurora in our night sky - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: The Aurora in our night sky

You are perceiving directly
Earth's magnetic field. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

You are perceiving directly Earth's magnetic field.

DERRICK: Charged particles from the sun - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: Charged particles from the sun

If we didn't have the magnetic field
to deflect those around the Earth, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

If we didn't have the magnetic field to deflect those a...

GRUNSFELD: The atmosphere, you know, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

GRUNSFELD: The atmosphere, you know,

It really makes you think
how fragile our existence is. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It really makes you think how fragile our existence is.

NARRATOR: In the deep past - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: In the deep past

NARRATOR: Just like Earth,
ancient Mars' magnetic shield - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Just like Earth, ancient Mars' magnetic shiel...

But it wasn't to last. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

But it wasn't to last.

DAVID: Think of if you take
a bunch a bunch of potatoes - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DAVID: Think of if you take a bunch a bunch of potatoes

Mars being half the size of Earth, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Mars being half the size of Earth,

As the planet cools
the churning and the interior - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

As the planet cools the churning and the interior

NARRATOR: Mars started to
die from the inside out. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Mars started to die from the inside out.

The planet's water
evaporated into space... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The planet's water evaporated into space...

Mars: One Day on the Red Planet poster

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An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.

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Director: Martin Johnson

Writer: N/A

Production: National Geographic,The Garden Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Apr 2020

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/movies-and-specials/mars-one-day-on-the-red-planet