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LOWERY: So, this is a rock called anhydrite
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So, this is a rockcalled anhydrite. It might look very boring, but it's actually very...

Nova • S50E15 • 1974
LOWERY:So, this is a rockcalled anhydrite. It might look very boring, but it's actually very richin an element called sulfur. And the sulfur is what's reallyimportant about this story

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LOWERY So this is a rock called anhydrite
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It might look very boring
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but it's actually very rich in an element called sulfur
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And the sulfur is what's really important about this story
Duration
12 seconds
Views
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Timestamp in Movie
00:12:09
Uploaded
Feb 03, 2026
Season
50
Episode
15
Genres
documentary

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Science documentaries about various topics.
S50 • E07 ♪ ♪ Whew! - Nova 00:20
♪ ♪ Whew!
S50 • E13 Earth's first landmasses are born. - Nova 00:06
Earth's first landmasses are born.
S46 • E14 Nearly five billion years ago, - Nova 00:10
Nearly five billion years ago,
S50 • E15 NARRATOR: In 2016, Chris Lowery and a team of scientists drilled through the seafloor into the impact crater. - Nova 00:21
NARRATOR: In 2016, Chris Lowery and a team of scientists...
S46 • E16 Since the beginning, - Nova 00:29
Since the beginning,
S48 • E09 (screams) - Nova 00:32
(screams)
S50 • E07 Let me tell you something, there's a lot of power in that. - Nova 00:24
Let me tell you something, there's a lot of power in...
S48 • E20 It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, - Nova 00:21
It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction,
S50 • E13 A couple of billion years after the inception of plate tectonics......a multitude of continental-scale landmasses are strewn across the surface of the planet. - Nova 00:16
A couple of billion years after the inception of plate...
S46 • E14 Causing the cloud of gas and dust - Nova 00:14
Causing the cloud of gas and dust
S50 • E11 The vast sea of stars becomes obscured. - Nova 00:18
The vast sea of stars becomes obscured.
S46 • E12 Just a few million years after its formation, - Nova 00:10
Just a few million years after its formation,
S46 • E14 Farther out, - Nova 00:23
Farther out,
S50 • E07 NARRATOR: Right whales are baleen whales that filter plankton, microorganisms adrift in the ocean currents. - Nova 00:10
NARRATOR: Right whales are baleen whales that filter...
S50 • E13 A rocky world with plenty of minerals containing nutrients like potassium and phosphorus, key elements for life. - Nova 00:13
A rocky world with plenty of minerals containing nutrients...
S50 • E07 Healthy adults consume over 1,000 pounds of plankton each day during the spring and summer. - Nova 00:09
Healthy adults consume over 1,000 pounds of plankton each...
S50 • E01 PURCELL: The floating track slab allows that noise to be brought down even lower, that on the surface, you won't hear anything when you're watching "Hamlet." NARRATOR: It takes over 150 tons of concrete reinforced with steel bars to form each 100-foot-lon - Nova 00:38
PURCELL: The floating track slab allows that noise to be...
S47 • E05 Marta's daughter works the day shift as a nurse. - Nova 00:20
Marta's daughter works the day shift as a nurse.
S50 • E13 ♪ ♪ For any organism that can adapt to this new territory, incredible opportunities await. - Nova 00:24
♪ ♪ For any organism that can adapt to this new territory,...
S46 • E15 Just a few million years after the formation of the sun, - Nova 00:24
Just a few million years after the formation of the sun,