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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

In the deep past an Aurora also danced acrossMartian skies. But Mars couldn't hold onto...

NARRATOR: In the deep past an Aurora also danced across
Martian skies. But Mars couldn't hold on
to its precious force field. About four billion years ago, a terrible chain reaction began

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NARRATOR: In the deep past
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an Aurora also danced across Martian skies.
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But Mars couldn't hold on to its precious force field.
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About four billion years ago,
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a terrible chain reaction began.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:08
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 like Earth, ancient Mars' magnetic shield - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: Just like Earth, ancient Mars' magnetic shiel...
But it wasn't to last. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
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 00:10
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 00:07
Mars being half the size of Earth,
As the planet cools the churning and the interior - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
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 00:15
NARRATOR: Mars started to die from the inside out.
The planet's water evaporated into space... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
The planet's water evaporated into space...
killing Mars. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
killing Mars.
Today there are only two places on Mars' surface - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:26
Today there are only two places on Mars' surface
The Mars North Pole is like this beautiful - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
The Mars North Pole is like this beautiful
It's 600 miles wide and 1.2 miles deep. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
It's 600 miles wide and 1.2 miles deep.
TANYA: The northern polar cap of Mars - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
TANYA: The northern polar cap of Mars
And these striking cliffs that skirt along the outside. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
And these striking cliffs that skirt along the outside.
NARRATOR: At the other end of the planet, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
NARRATOR: At the other end of the planet,
MELISSA: The polar cap forms these incredible - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
MELISSA: The polar cap forms these incredible
It reminds me of orange sherbet or a dreamsicle. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
It reminds me of orange sherbet or a dreamsicle.
TANYA: There are these bizarre kaleidoscopic patterns. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
TANYA: There are these bizarre kaleidoscopic patterns.
JAMES: Areas where some of the landscape has disappeared, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
JAMES: Areas where some of the landscape has disappeared,
NARRATOR: Some volatile force must have shaped this - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:23
NARRATOR: Some volatile force must have shaped this
And its revealed by HiRISE. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
And its revealed by HiRISE.