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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's 150 miles wide. If you stood on one endyou couldn't see the other end because the...

It's 150 miles wide. If you stood on one end
you couldn't see the other end because the planet itself
would curve away from you. It's just incomprehensible
how big this thing is

Full Transcript

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It's 150 miles wide.
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If you stood on one end you couldn't see the other end
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because the planet itself would curve away from you.
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It's just incomprehensible how big this thing is.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:35
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: Just over the horizon a feature so enormous - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
NARRATOR: Just over the horizon a feature so enormous
It rises literally out of the atmosphere. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
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 00:11
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 00:11
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 00:09
NARRATOR: Both Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris
They hold the story of how Mars once lived. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
They hold the story of how Mars once lived.
In Mars' infancy, raging volcanoes... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:15
In Mars' infancy, raging volcanoes...
This lava formed a vast plateau - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
This lava formed a vast plateau
The colossal mass of this new rock - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
The colossal mass of this new rock
Literally tearing the planet apart. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
Literally tearing the planet apart.
But with the violence of early Mars... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:22
But with the violence of early Mars...
This contributes to creating a thicker atmosphere. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
This contributes to creating a thicker atmosphere.
And once you have a thicker atmosphere - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
And once you have a thicker atmosphere
MELISSA: There has to be enough atmospheric pressure - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
MELISSA: There has to be enough atmospheric pressure
Having enough atmospheric pressure - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
Having enough atmospheric pressure
NARRATOR: But Mars' atmosphere wasn't to last. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
NARRATOR: But Mars' atmosphere wasn't to last.
Our planet is protected by a force field. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
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 00:10
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 00:07
NINA: This ball of iron that is moving
It's kind of sloshing around in there. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
It's kind of sloshing around in there.