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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Some volatile forcemust have shaped this fantastical terrain. But it can't be the water....

NARRATOR: Some volatile force
must have shaped this fantastical terrain. But it can't be the water. It's so cold here
that it remains eternally frozen... like concrete. So what is it? The answer lies
at the edge of the ice cap

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NARRATOR: Some volatile force must have shaped this
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fantastical terrain.
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But it can't be the water.
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It's so cold here that it remains eternally frozen...
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like concrete.
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So what is it?
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The answer lies at the edge of the ice cap.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:14
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.
And its revealed by HiRISE. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
And its revealed by HiRISE.
NINA: It turns out that Mars has seasons - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
NINA: It turns out that Mars has seasons
We get things like frost and snow. But with a difference. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
We get things like frost and snow. But with a difference.
It's actually snow made out of carbon dioxide or dry ice. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
It's actually snow made out of carbon dioxide or dry ic...
NARRATOR: For the duration of winter - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:23
NARRATOR: For the duration of winter
So you start building up pressure because you're making more gas, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
So you start building up pressure because you're making...
And so you're building up, building up, building up pressure - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
And so you're building up, building up, building up pre...
And that aftermath of that explosion are these dark streaks - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
And that aftermath of that explosion are these dark streaks
NARRATOR: Carved into the surface by exploding jets of carbon dioxide, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:15
NARRATOR: Carved into the surface by exploding jets of carbo...
And it's the same force, carbon dioxide, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:20
And it's the same force, carbon dioxide,
NARRATOR: Exploding poles. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:22
NARRATOR: Exploding poles.
But we now know that billions of years ago, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
But we now know that billions of years ago,
And if life emerged on our world, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
And if life emerged on our world,
NARRATOR: As afternoon turns to evening, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:22
NARRATOR: As afternoon turns to evening,
- MAN (indistinct over PA) - (cheering) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:16
- MAN (indistinct over PA) - (cheering)
But then it, all of a sudden it hit me that now there gonna - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
But then it, all of a sudden it hit me that now there gonna
NARRATOR: Three and a half billion years ago - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
NARRATOR: Three and a half billion years ago
Combing its surface is a one ton mobile science lab. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
Combing its surface is a one ton mobile science lab.
The only Rover at work on Mars today... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
The only Rover at work on Mars today...
DIANA: Curiosity's an incredible rover. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
DIANA: Curiosity's an incredible rover.