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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Curiosity is so big that we can see it withHiRISE in great detail. We can see the body,we...

GRUNSFELD: Curiosity is so big that we can see it with
HiRISE in great detail. We can see the body,
we can see the wheels, we can see the wheel tracks

Full Transcript

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GRUNSFELD: Curiosity is so big
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that we can see it with HiRISE in great detail.
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We can see the body, we can see the wheels,
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we can see the wheel tracks.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:12
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
National Geographic,The Garden Productions

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Movie Summary

An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.
NARRATOR: Alongside its serious science kit, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
NARRATOR: Alongside its serious science kit,
They have eyes that are about six feet off the ground - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
They have eyes that are about six feet off the ground
NARRATOR: Using half a million images taken by Curiosity and Mars' orbiter's - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
NARRATOR: Using half a million images taken by Curiosity and...
on earth. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:26
on earth.
NARRATOR: But this isn't just for fun. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:26
NARRATOR: But this isn't just for fun.
She's got a laser ablation spectrometer, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
She's got a laser ablation spectrometer,
You know, we can drive round and say, wow, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
You know, we can drive round and say, wow,
And what that allows us to do is to see what Mars is made of. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
And what that allows us to do is to see what Mars is made of...
DAWN: Curiosity is designed to take the powder and heat it up - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
DAWN: Curiosity is designed to take the powder and heat it u...
It doesn't tell us everything we want - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:28
It doesn't tell us everything we want
NARRATOR: Organic molecules are complex molecules containing carbon, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
NARRATOR: Organic molecules are complex molecules containing...
JAMES: Those molecules are clues. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
JAMES: Those molecules are clues.
The biggest overall find is that Mars was a habitable planet - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
The biggest overall find is that Mars was a habitable planet
organic molecules in the rocks. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
organic molecules in the rocks.
and yet the final proof remains just out of reach. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
and yet the final proof remains just out of reach.
NARRATOR: So strong is our desire to find that life on another planet - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
NARRATOR: So strong is our desire to find that life on anoth...
The experts are saying tonight - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:49
The experts are saying tonight
NARRATOR: But the dream soon began to fracture. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: But the dream soon began to fracture.
It was so hard to prove the morphology, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
It was so hard to prove the morphology,
AMY: This isn't something obvious like digging up a dinosaur skull. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
AMY: This isn't something obvious like digging up a din...