Part 1

The earth's history is filled with excitement: quakes, volcanoes, floods, valley-carving glaciers and lakes, and rising mountains. Fulcrum Productions and The Discovery Channel brings the explosive history of our planet to life in a a two hour special - AMAZING EARTH. From the heights of Mount Everest through the molten lava fields of Hawaii, we see a sweeping geological history of a planet whose tumultuous history continues just as violently today. Two years in the making, this ground-breaking documentary showcases the most catastrophic events and extinctions in our planet's 4.6 billion year history. Narrated by Patrick Stewart.