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MICHIO: Simply by counting and analyzing these craters
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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Simply by countingand analyzing these craters on Noachis Terra, we think it dates back...

MICHIO: Simply by counting
and analyzing these craters on Noachis Terra, we think it dates back almost
four billion years

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MICHIO: Simply by counting and analyzing these craters
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on Noachis Terra,
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we think it dates back almost four billion years.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:20
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.
Each is formed by a single meteorite impact, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
Each is formed by a single meteorite impact,
These craters are like opening doors into the geology of Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
These craters are like opening doors into the geology of Mar...
NARRATOR: These craters are 140 million miles away. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
NARRATOR: These craters are 140 million miles away.
NARRATOR: This is a rock worth 200 times more than gold. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:25
NARRATOR: This is a rock worth 200 times more than gold.
This is NWA 8-6-8-7, it's called a troctolite. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
This is NWA 8-6-8-7, it's called a troctolite.
And I liked it 'cause it was shaped like a star. (laughs) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
And I liked it 'cause it was shaped like a star. (laugh...
Sometime around May of 2011, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
Sometime around May of 2011,
(camera clicking) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
(camera clicking)
And I loved when I got it in my hands, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
And I loved when I got it in my hands,
CARL: In this safe I have unknown meteorites, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
CARL: In this safe I have unknown meteorites,
This is an iron meteorite that fell in Odessa, Texas. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
This is an iron meteorite that fell in Odessa, Texas.
One day I received a shipment from Jay - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
One day I received a shipment from Jay
The first thing that I thought was, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
The first thing that I thought was,
He told me he thought it had shoe shine polish or that - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
He told me he thought it had shoe shine polish or that
And I said, "Hey, would you look at it, but don't cut into it." - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
And I said, "Hey, would you look at it, but don't ...
(saw whirring) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:18
(saw whirring)
And it took about a year collaborating with other scientists - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:20
And it took about a year collaborating with other scientists
NARRATOR: The story of how this Martian rock ended up on Earth - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
NARRATOR: The story of how this Martian rock ended up on Ear...
A violent meteorite strike, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
A violent meteorite strike,
Fusing together ancient rocks, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
Fusing together ancient rocks,