How the Earth Was Made Birth of the Earth (Season 2, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History

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How the Earth Was Made

Birth of the Earth (Season 2, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History

The Earth isn't an ordinary generic planet. The processes that created an Earth suitable for modern are unique and surprising.

Director

Producer

Composer

Tim Garland (music)

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Updated Dec 9, 2009

Release date

Dec 9, 2009 (United States)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Corey Johnson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Morbius (2022)
William Hartmann Self - Planetary Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Arizona (as William Hartmann PhD) Self - Planetary Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Arizona (as William Hartmann PhD) See fewer	Future Flight (1987)
Michael Zolensky Self - Cosmic Mineralogist, NASA Johnson Space Center (as Michael Zolensky PhD) Self - Cosmic Mineralogist, NASA Johnson Space Center (as Michael Zolensky PhD) See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Jonathan O'Neil Self - Geologist, McGill University (as Jonathan O'Neil PhD) Self - Geologist, McGill University (as Jonathan O'Neil PhD) See fewer	Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Emilie Thomassot Self - Geologist, McGill University (as Emilie Thomassot PhD) Self - Geologist, McGill University (as Emilie Thomassot PhD) See fewer	How the Earth Was Made (2009)
Caroline Smith Curator of Meteorites, The Natural History Museum (as Caroline Smith PhD) Curator of Meteorites, The Natural History Museum (as Caroline Smith PhD) See fewer	Stargazing Live: Back to Earth (2012)
Janet Siefert Self - Senior Security Fellow, Rice University (as Janet Siefert PhD) Self - Senior Security Fellow, Rice University (as Janet Siefert PhD) See fewer	Catastrophe (2008)
Jonathan Keeble Self - Narrator (UK) Self - Narrator (UK) See fewer	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Caleb Connor Patterson Self - Geochemist (archive footage) (as C.C. Patterson) Self - Geochemist (archive footage) (as C.C. Patterson) See fewer
Don Pettit Self - Astronaut (archive footage) Self - Astronaut (archive footage) See fewer	P.O.V. (1988)
Ernest Rutherford Self - Physicist (archive footage) Self - Physicist (archive footage) See fewer

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