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The Complete Cosmos: The Solar System

The Complete Cosmos: The Solar System Format: DVD (NTSC)
Language: English
Duration: 125 minutes
DVD Ref: BDV001
RRP: GBP ~~16.33~~
Online Price: GBP 13.33

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Chapters:
HUB OF THE PLANETS

THE SUN - Covers the birth, life and death of the Sun, interior dynamics and exterior fireworks, sunspots, the corona, solar winds and everything you need to know about our local star
MERCURY - The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice
VENUS - Looking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect

EARTHSPACE

EARTH - The evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino
MOON(aka Luna) - The story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water
AURORAE AND ECLIPSES - Taking a look at celestial shows, how the solar wind conjures an aurora, lunar and solar eclipses explained and a recent eclipse of the Sun

MARS, LIFE AND IMPACTS

MARS - Could cold arid Mars be the next place we land? Looking at polar caps, volcanoes, the biggest canyon ever seen and the possibility that Mars once had oceans
LIFEQUEST - Is there life elsewhere in the Solar System? Could life be sustained on Jupiter's moon Europa or even Saturn's moon Titan in the future?
IMPACT! - Exploring the threats of comets and asteriods and what would happen if the spacerock that slew the dinosaurs hit New York today

OUTER PLANETS

JUPITAR - Bigger than the other planets combined, Jupitar is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System
SATURN - Exploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth
URANUS AND NEPTUNE - The outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers
REALM OF THE COMETS - Looking at comets and where the originate, the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt and the possibility that pluto isn't a planet at all (recently declassified)