All language subtitles for Discovering.The.Cosmos.S01E02_English

[RADIO TRANSMISSION CHATTER]

Narrator: THIS IS THE CREW
OF APOLLO 17...

FIVE HOURS AFTER LIFTOFF,
THE EARTH ALREADY FAR BEHIND.

Harrison Schmitt:
YOU'RE LOUD AND CLEAR, BOB,

AND COULD YOU GIVE US OUR
DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH, PLEASE?

Bob: ROGER.
I'D GUESS ABOUT 19,000 MILES,

BUT LET ME GET IT EXACT.

Schmitt: JUST APPROXIMATE'S
GOOD ENOUGH.

Narrator: HARRISON SCHMITT
IS BOUND FOR THE MOON.

Schmitt: WE WERE MOVING
AT 25,000 MILES AN HOUR,

SO THINGS GOT SMALLER VERY FAST.

Narrator: SCHMITT IS ABOUT
TO BECOME THE FIRST ASTRONAUT

TO PHOTOGRAPH THE WHOLE EARTH.

Schmitt:
THE APOLLO 17 LANDING SITE

DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD SEE
A NEARLY FULL EARTH

SOON AFTER LAUNCH.

LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH, MADAGASCAR.

AND AFRICA!

HEY, THERE'S ANTARCTICA,
IT'S ALL FULL OF SNOW!

OK, YOU WANT TO LOOK?

Narrator: SCHMITT'S PHOTOGRAPH
BECAME KNOWN AS THE BLUE MARBLE.

Schmitt: A HUMAN BEING
TOOK A PICTURE

THAT THEN EVERYBODY
ON THE PLANET,

ONCE THEY SAW IT,
COULD IDENTIFY WITH.

THEY'D SAY, WELL, THERE'S HOME
UP THERE IN THE SKY.

Schmitt on radio:
I TELL YOU, IF THERE EVER WAS

A FRAGILE-APPEARING
PIECE OF BLUE IN SPACE,

IT'S THE EARTH RIGHT NOW.

Man: THAT'S GREAT.

Narrator: 45 YEARS LATER,

OUR HOME PLANET
HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED.

♪

TODAY, THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION CIRCLES THE EARTH,

250 MILES UP.

A NEW GENERATION OF ASTRONAUTS
HAS A GRANDSTAND VIEW.

Tim Peake: I WAS BORN IN 1972,

THE YEAR THAT THE LAST MAN
WALKED ON THE MOON IN APOLLO 17.

Narrator: IN 45 YEARS,
THE HUMAN POPULATION HAS DOUBLED

TO 7.4 BILLION.

ASTRONAUTS AND SATELLITES
HAVE A STORY TO TELL...

OF STARTLING CHANGE
ON PLANET EARTH.

WE'VE MADE STRANGE
AND BEAUTIFUL FORMS...

Nicole Stott:
IT STUNS YOU ON EVERY LEVEL.

Narrator: ...AS WE BLAZE A TRAIL
ACROSS OUR WORLD.

Don Pettit: IF IT WASN'T
FOR THAT PLACE DOWN THERE,

I WOULDN'T BE HERE IN SPACE
LOOKING DOWN AT IT.

IT'S LIKE, WOW!

Narrator: NEW CITIES APPEAR
BY MAGIC.

MYSTERIES SHIMMER IN THE SUN.

Luca Parmitano: FROM SPACE,
THAT CAPTURES OUR ATTENTION

AND IMAGINATION.

Narrator:
ASTRONAUTS ARE WATCHING

AS WE MAKE OUR MARK ON EARTH.

Don: THERE'S HUMANS DOWN THERE.

I'M HUMAN.
THIS IS A GOOD THING.

Narrator: IT'S THE STORY
OF HUMAN PROGRESS...

FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

Luca: IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

Narrator: THIS IS HOW
WE CHANGED THE WORLD,

THEN LOOKED DOWN
TO SEE WHAT WE HAD DONE.

Man: ♪ THAT'S A METAPHOR...

Woman: YOU MAKE IT SOUND EASY.

Narrator: FOR ASTRONAUTS,

THE MOST OBVIOUS CHANGE
IN OUR PLANET

CAN BE SEEN FROM ANY WINDOW.

AS THE HUMAN POPULATION GROWS,

OUR CITIES SPIN A WEB OF LIGHT
ACROSS THE GLOBE.

Don: FROM THE FIRST TIME I FLEW,
WHICH WAS 2002,

TO THE LAST TIME,
WHICH WAS 2012,

THE MAIN EFFECT I SAW ON EARTH
WAS AT NIGHTTIME,

AND IT WAS THE EXTENT
OF LIGHTING.

Narrator: ANY CITY OF
10 MILLION PEOPLE IS A MEGACITY.

BUT AN ASTRONAUT'S CAMERA
SWALLOWS IT WHOLE.

Kjell Lindgren: WE LOVE
TAKING PICTURES OF CITIES,

TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
CAN PICK OUT THE CITY

WHEN YOU JUST SEE THE PHOTO
VERY QUICKLY.

Narrator: THE BIGGEST MEGACITIES
ARE TOKYO...

DELHI...

AND SHANGHAI.

NEXT IN LINE ARE MUMBAI...

SAO PAULO...

AND THE CHINESE CAPITAL,
BEIJING.

Nicole: TO SEE
THESE GLOWING CITIES

KIND OF POPPING OUT AT YOU
AT NIGHT

IS REALLY PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

FOR ME IT OPENED UP
THIS WHOLE NEW VIEW

OF LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE CHINA.

Narrator: IN SOUTHEAST CHINA,
NEXT DOOR TO HONG KONG,

AN ENTIRELY NEW MEGACITY
HAS GROWN

FROM THE MOST HUMBLE
OF BEGINNINGS.

♪

Nicole: THE CHANGE
THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE,

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

IT ALMOST DOESN'T SEEM REAL.

♪

Narrator: 30 YEARS AGO, THERE
WAS A VILLAGE CALLED BAISHIZHOU.

POPULATION, 1,000.

THERE WAS A BABY BOY,
AND HIS NAME WAS JET CUI.

THE BOY GREW UP FAST,
BUT THE VILLAGE GREW FASTER.

AND THE STREETS OF BAISHIZHOU
BECAME A LABYRINTH.

Jet Cui: BAISHIZHOU IS A LOT
OF THINGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE,

A LOT OF STUFF, JUST PACKED
IN A REALLY TINY SPACE.

Narrator:
SOON IT WAS HARD TO TELL

WHERE ONE VILLAGE ENDED
AND THE NEXT ONE BEGAN.

THE STREETS WERE SO NARROW

THAT NEIGHBORS COULD SHAKE HANDS
ACROSS THE GAP.

Jet: IF YOU GET A STRANGER
IN THERE,

I WILL BET HE WILL NEVER
GET OUT FROM BAISHIZHOU.

YOU HAVE TO, LIKE, TURN
LIKE 20 TIMES TO GET THERE.

IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET LOST.

Narrator: THERE'S NO VILLAGE
ON EARTH LIKE BAISHIZHOU.

IN LESS THAN 40 YEARS

A MEGACITY OF 11 MILLION
HAS GROWN AROUND IT.

♪

ITS NAME IS SHENZHEN.

♪

Nicole: YOU CAN IMAGINE
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

BUSTLING AROUND THAT AREA...

BUT IT'S LIKE
THE MUTE BUTTON IS ON.

IT'S A VERY SURREAL THING.

IT GETS YOU THINKING ABOUT

WHAT ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE
DOING DOWN THERE?

♪

Narrator:
JET CUI STILL HANGS OUT

WITH THE BOYS
FROM THE OLD VILLAGE.

THEY'RE THE SAME AGE
AS THE NEW CITY,

AND THEIR EYES
ARE ON THE FUTURE.

♪

Jet: ELECTRONICS!

MY BUSINESS IS
IN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.

BECAUSE OF BASKETBALL.

RIGHT?

MY FAVORITE PLAYER
IS MICHAEL JORDAN,

AND HE SAID SOMETHING
LIKE, JUST DO IT!

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS,
JUST DO I.T.

SO I MUST, I MUST DO I.T., THEN!

Narrator: JET'S GENERATION
IS SURFING THE WAVE

OF I.T., ELECTRONICS,
AND COMMUNICATIONS.

THE CITY'S VAST MARKET
HAS A MIND-BOGGLING ARRAY

OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS.

Jet: SHENZHEN IS REALLY,
LIKE, HIGH EFFICIENCY.

IT'S PRETTY INTERNATIONAL
AS WELL.

SHENZHEN HAS A DNA OF...
OF STARTING UP SOMETHING.

THERE'S A LOT OF GIANT
ENTERPRISE STARTED FROM HERE.

Narrator: SHENZHEN IS HOME

TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST
DRONE COMPANY.

AND IT'S SAID TO MAKE
ONE QUARTER

OF ALL SMART PHONES
SOLD ON EARTH.

♪

ELECTRONICS MAKE THE CITY
A BLAZE OF COLOR.

♪

Don: WHEN YOU LOOK
AT A CITY AT NIGHT,

YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR
HAS CHANGED.

THERE ARE NOW
MANY DIFFERENT COLORS.

Narrator:
WESTERN CITIES GLOW ORANGE

FROM SODIUM STREET LIGHTS.

ASIAN CITIES GLOW GREEN
FROM MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS.

BUT SHENZHEN IS
A COLOR-CHANGING CHAMELEON.

Don: YOU CAN SEE BRIGHT COLORS
OF PINKS AND BLUES,

AND THESE ARE COMING
FROM THE L.E.D. BILLBOARDS

AND OTHER L.E.D. LIGHTING
THAT'S COMING OUT IN CITIES.

Nicole: YOU JUST FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING

AT A PLACE THAT'S ALIVE.

Narrator: THESE ARE THE CHILDREN
OF THE MEGACITY AGE.

BUT THEY HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN
THEIR VILLAGE ROOTS.

Jet: BAISHIZHOU IS SPECIAL
FOR US BECAUSE WE GREW UP THERE.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT
TOGETHER.

Narrator: MEGACITIES ARE
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.

BY 2056, THERE WILL BE
10 BILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH.

WE'LL NEED MORE MEGACITIES,
MORE FOOD, MORE ENERGY--

MORE EVERYTHING.

THE QUESTION IS, DOES OUR PLANET
HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED?

IN THE LAST 45 YEARS,
THE HUMAN RACE HAS DOUBLED.

AS WE MULTIPLY,

THE EARTH GLITTERS
WITH THE LIGHT OF NEW CITIES.

BUT ASTRONAUTS ALSO SEE
THE PRICE WE PAY FOR PROGRESS.

Tim: TO SEE HOW FRAGILE
OUR ATMOSPHERE IS

MAKES YOU VERY AWARE
THAT WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE

ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS
ON PLANET EARTH.

WE ARE CHANGING THE PLANET

IN WAYS THAT OTHER SPECIES OF
ANIMALS HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE US.

Narrator: SATELLITES SEE
HUGE LONG-TERM CHANGES.

CENTRAL ASIA'S ARAL SEA

HAS SHRUNK DRAMATICALLY
SINCE THE SIXTIES.

SINCE 1980
ALASKA'S COLUMBIA GLACIER

HAS LOST HALF ITS VOLUME.

IN SOUTH AMERICA,

BOLIVIA'S LAKE POOPOÓ
HAS DRIED UP ALMOST COMPLETELY.

ALL THREE HAVE BEEN TRACED
TO MAN-MADE CAUSES.

Don: WE DO NOT WANT
TO FOUL OUR NEST

TO THE POINT WHERE
WE CAN NO LONGER LIVE

IN THE PLACES WE WANT TO.

Narrator: THE VIEW FROM SPACE

GIVES US A VITAL WAY
TO UNDERSTAND CHANGES ON EARTH.

[RADIO TRANSMISSION]
Man: GO AHEAD, LUCA.

Narrator: ASTRONAUTS SEE THINGS

THE REST OF US
CAN ONLY DREAM OF.

Luca: I DO HAVE THIS VERY VIVID
MEMORY OF MY FIRST SPACEWALK.

Woman: LUCA, READY FOR MOTION?

Luca: READY FOR MOTION,
GO AHEAD.

WHILE WE WERE OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

THE SUN CAME UP.

♪

A SUNRISE WHILE YOU'RE OUTSIDE,
ON A SPACEWALK,

WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT JUST
OBSERVE AND LET IT ALL SINK IN.

THE BLUE OF THE OCEAN,
THAT SUPER DEEP BLUE,

CAME UP ALL AT ONCE.

♪

AND THEN IT TRANSFORMED INTO
THE TERRACOTTA COLOR OF AFRICA,

THAT EXTENDS
AND IT TURNS INTO GREEN.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING
AT THE FOREST OF AFRICA.

AND THEN THE MAJESTY
OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO,

CLIMBING OVER EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WAS COVERED IN CLOUDS.

JUST THE EYE OF THE VOLCANO,
COMING OUT.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE AN EYE,

EVEN THE SHAPE
OF THE CLOUDS AROUND IT.

AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT,

AND IT LOOKED ALMOST LIKE
STARING AT A DINOSAUR,

A LIVING THING.

IT JUST TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.

IT LITERALLY
TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.

♪

Narrator: MOUNT KILIMANJARO
IS THE GREAT ICON

OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

FROM THE TANZANIAN FOREST,
THE DORMANT VOLCANO

CLIMBS 19,000 FEET
TO A FROZEN PEAK.

ULTRA-MARATHON RUNNER SIMON MTUY

HAS LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE
IN THE FOOTHILLS.

HE HAS CLIMBED TO THE TOP
NEARLY 500 TIMES.

Simon Mtuy:
YOU'RE FEELING EVERY TWIST

OF THE STONES
THAT YOU'RE STEPPING ON.

YOU'RE MORE AWARE OF YOUR SOUND.

YOU'RE MORE AWARE
OF YOUR BREATHING.

SO YOU'RE IN THIS ZONE.

ZOOMING.

Narrator: IN 2006, SIMON RAN
TO THE TOP AND BACK UNAIDED

IN 9 HOURS, 21 MINUTES...

A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS.

BUT THE GLACIERS AT THE SUMMIT--

THE CELEBRATED SNOWS
OF KILIMANJARO--

ARE SHRINKING.

Simon: SOME OF THEM USED TO BE
VERY HUGE, MAYBE 20 METERS HIGH.

I'VE SEEN IT AT FIVE METER.
CAN I TELL A DIFFERENCE?

OF COURSE I CAN TELL
A DIFFERENCE.

Narrator: FROM SPACE,
THE LOSS OF ICE IS OBVIOUS.

SINCE 1976, MORE THAN HALF
HAS DISAPPEARED.

THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN BLAMED
ON GLOBAL WARMING.

KILIMANJARO'S FOOTHILLS ARE
GOING THROUGH LONG-TERM DROUGHT.

Simon: WHEN I REMEMBER
MY CHILDHOOD,

THERE WERE SO MANY PLACES
I COULDN'T GO

BECAUSE IT WAS A HUGE RIVER.

NOW YOU CAN ALMOST COVER
THE WHOLE ENTIRE MOUNTAIN

WITHOUT GETTING YOUR SHOES WET.

Narrator: IN FACT,
KILIMANJARO'S PROBLEM

MAY BE MORE LOCAL THAN GLOBAL.

AND THE EVIDENCE COMES
FROM SPACE.

THE MOUNTAIN STANDS
ON AN ISLAND OF TREES.

Don: WHEN YOU LOOK
AT KILIMANJARO FROM SPACE,

YOU SEE IT IS SURROUNDED
BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE DESERT.

IT'S BROWN, AND THEN IT CHANGES
GOING UP THE SIDE,

AND IT BECOMES GREEN,

AND THEN IT CHANGES AGAIN
BACK TO BROWN

WHEN YOU GET ABOVE TIMBER LINE.

Narrator: THESE RECTANGLES MEAN
THE FOREST IS BEING DESTROYED...

BY US.

PEOPLE NEED FIELDS FOR CROPS
AND WOOD FOR FUEL AND MATERIALS.

BUT TREES PUMP WATER
BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO WHEN WE CUT DOWN THE TREES,

WE TURN OFF THE TAPS
THAT WATER THE GLACIERS.

IN THE LAST 70 YEARS,

KILIMANJARO HAS LOST
ONE THIRD OF ITS FOREST.

Simon: WE CAN'T JUST TAKE
AND TAKE AND TAKE.

THIS SELFISHNESS OF TAKING,
TAKING, TAKING.

Narrator:
IN THIS SATELLITE IMAGE,

RED DOTS HIGHLIGHT
INDIVIDUAL FIRES.

THEY MAKE A BLANKET OF SMOKE
THE BREADTH OF AFRICA.

Luca: IT'S JUST MAN
DESTROYING PRISTINE FOREST

TO MAKE SPACE FOR CULTIVATION.

YOU CANNOT HELP BUT BE SADDENED

BY THE SIGHT
OF THESE HUGE FIRES.

Simon: AT SOME POINT
WE MUST SAY IT'S ENOUGH.

THE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAL.

Narrator: KILIMANJARO
HAS FOUND ITS HEALER.

[PEOPLE SINGING]

A MAN OF FAITH
AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE.

HIS NAME IS
BISHOP FREDRICK SHOO.

BUT THEY CALL HIM
THE TREE BISHOP.

[SINGING]

[PEOPLE ULULATING]

Fredrick Shoo: WHEN I PLANT
TREES, I FEEL GREAT.

I FEEL HAPPY.

I REALLY FEEL LIKE
I'M CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING

TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE.

[PEOPLE SINGING]

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

Narrator: THE BISHOP'S DIOCESE
IS 360,000 STRONG.

AND THESE MANY HANDS
CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS.

Fredrick: IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR PLANET,

IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR CHILDREN.

Narrator: SINCE 2003,
BY THE BISHOP'S ESTIMATE,

THEY'VE PLANTED
THREE MILLION TREES.

[SINGING]

Fredrick: WE HAVE SEEN
SOME STREAMS COMING BACK.

IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

IT IS AN ONGOING PROJECT.

Simon: I DO BELIEVE
THERE'S A FUTURE.

I CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN.

I'VE CLIMBED
THE HIGHEST PEAK OF AFRICA.

"KILIMA KA NJARO."
A MOUNTAIN OF OURS.

A MOUNTAIN OF GREATNESS.

THE MOUNTAIN OF EVERYTHING.

OF THE WATERS, THE FOREST,
AND EVERYTHING.

Don: WE HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT
HOW WE CHANGE OUR ENVIRONMENT

SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO THRIVE.

Nicole: OVER TIME WE TAKE
THOSE LESSONS INTO ACCOUNT,

AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW
WE'LL FARM IN NEW PLACES,

OR HOW WE'LL GENERATE OUR POWER
AND OUR ENERGY

TO LIVE HERE ON EARTH.

♪

Narrator: IN 2014,
ASTRONAUTS PHOTOGRAPHED

THESE MYSTERY FLASHES
IN THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS.

Kjell: THESE THINGS
CATCH YOUR EYE,

AND IT MAKES YOU...
IT MAKES YOU LOOK AT IT.

YOU ALMOST INNATELY KNOW THAT
THAT IS NOT A NATURAL THING.

Narrator: THIS IS AN ENERGY
SOURCE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND IT COMES FROM OUTER SPACE.

♪

1.2 BILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH
HAVE NO ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.

BUT ASTRONAUTS SEE US FINDING
NEW WAYS TO LIGHT THE WORLD.

Don: LIGHTING AT NIGHTTIME
IS A SIGNATURE TO THE EXPANSION

OF HUMAN BEINGS
ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH.

BEFORE LIGHTING,

YOU COULD BARELY READ A BOOK
AT NIGHTTIME BY CANDLELIGHT.

IT EFFECTIVELY EXTENDS
OUR LIFETIME.

Narrator: THERE'S ONE CITY

THAT WILL TAKE ALL THE LIGHT
IT CAN GET.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

Don: I LIKE TO REFER
TO LAS VEGAS, TONGUE IN CHEEK,

AS THE BEACON OF HUMANITY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
THE BRIGHTEST CITY ON EARTH,

BUT IT IS REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT.

Narrator: THEY BUILT THIS CITY
ON ELECTRIC POWER.

THE VEGAS STRIP IS LEGENDARY

FOR ITS CASINOS, HOTELS, AND
NO-HOLDS-BARRED ENTERTAINMENT.

THE SPACE BEAM
FROM THE LUXOR HOTEL

HAS 42 BILLION CANDLE POWER.

AN UNMISSABLE SIGNAL...

FROM THE HEART
OF THE MOJAVE DESERT.

Don: LAS VEGAS IS
SO STRIKING FROM SPACE

BECAUSE IT'S SURROUNDED
BY DARKNESS.

BUT IN THE WILD AMERICAN WEST,

THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF PLACES
FOR DARKNESS TO HIDE OUT.

Narrator: THE LIGHTS OF VEGAS
WERE SWITCHED ON

BY A WONDER OF ENGINEERING.

♪

THE HOOVER DAM CREATED LAKE MEAD

AND A VAST NEW SOURCE
OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER.

IN THE EIGHTIES,
SIN CITY BOOMED.

SATELLITES WATCHED IT GROW
BY 15% A YEAR.

BUT THE POPULATION
WAS DRAINING THE LAKE.

TODAY THERE ARE RINGS
AROUND THE BATHTUB...

AND THE DAM ALONE
CAN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER.

Nicole: WE NEED NEW WAYS
OF LOOKING AT HOW WE LIVE HERE,

HOW WE NEED TO LIVE HERE,

AND HOW WE'RE GENERATING
POWER ON EARTH.

Narrator: NEVADA IS BLAZING
A NEW TRAIL

IN ITS QUEST FOR ELECTRICITY.

IN THESE VAST EMPTY SPACES,

THE ENERGY THEY NEED CAN GROW...

AND GROW.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST BASE
ON MARS.

WELCOME TO NEVADA SOLAR ONE--

HALF A SQUARE MILE
OF PRISTINE POWER.

Tim Kendziorski:
THERE'S A FREE ENERGY SOURCE

THAT'S POURING DOWN ON US
EVERY SINGLE DAY,

AND ONCE WE'VE COLLECTED IT,
WE CAN PUT IT ON THE GRID.

Narrator: TIM KENDZIORSKI
IS A TRANSMISSIONS EXPERT

IN THE NEVADA POWER INDUSTRY.

Tim: IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE
TO LIVE HERE IN THE DESERT

BECAUSE THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT
IS NOT HOSPITABLE

TO OUR KIND OF LIFE.

SO TO MAKE IT HABITABLE,
WE HAVE TO GET OUR POWER,

OUR ELECTRICITY,
TO WHERE WE'RE AT.

Narrator: FOCUSED BY MIRRORS,
SUNLIGHT TURNS WATER TO STEAM

TO DRIVE SOLAR ONE'S TURBINES.

Tim: IT IS USING OUR HEADS
TO PROVIDE POWER

TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES

WITHOUT HAVING TO BURN
A SINGLE DROP OF FOSSIL FUEL.

Narrator: THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT
IT WOULD TAKE EIGHT SOLAR ONES

TO MATCH A COAL-FIRED STATION.

BUT THE MOJAVE DESERT HAS PLENTY
OF SUN AND PLENTY OF ROOM.

ITS SOLAR POWER PLANTS
ARE VISIBLE FROM SPACE.

Nicole: YOU PULL THAT CAMERA OUT
AND YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

AND YOU SEE THAT, WOW,
DOWN THERE ON EARTH

WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD

TO SHIFT THE WAY WE'RE
GENERATING OUR ELECTRICITY

SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO SURVIVE HERE.

Narrator: SOLAR RESERVE
AT CRESCENT DUNES

HAS A DIFFERENT DESIGN.

THE MIRRORS REFLECT LIGHT
TO A CENTRAL TOWER.

THE PEOPLE OF THE MOJAVE
ARE WORSHIPPING THE SUN.

SOLAR POWER IS LIGHTING
THE WORLD...

FROM SPAIN...

TO MOROCCO...

TO SOUTH AFRICA.

FOR TIM KENDZIORSKI,
PLANTS LIKE THESE

ARE THE HOOVER DAMS
OF THE 21st CENTURY.

Tim: IT'S HUMBLING.

IT'S AS IF I'M STANDING
ON THE BACKS OF GIANTS.

♪

Narrator: THE SPACE BEAM
STILL BURNS BRIGHTLY.

AND TIM HAS COME TO SEE
A SPECIAL VEGAS APPEARANCE.

HE'S ALSO AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMER.

♪

Tim: DO YOU SEE THAT?

Narrator: IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION

MOVING AT FIVE MILES A SECOND.

Tim: I SEE YOU!

Narrator: THE WORLD TURNS,

AND THE SPACE STATION'S
SOLAR PANELS CATCH THE SUN.

Nicole: THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL.

AND WE DO THAT SAME THING,

GENERATING POWER
FOR OURSELVES ON EARTH.

♪

Narrator: DAYLIGHT REVEALS
NEW MYSTERIES

FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO SOLVE.

Nicole:
THERE'S A VERY HUMAN THING

TO LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
AT EARTH,

AND I THINK THAT'S
WHY WE PUT HUMANS IN SPACE.

Narrator: IN DAYLIGHT,

ASTRONAUTS SEE MYSTERIOUS SHAPES
ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH.

Tim: YOU START TO FOCUS IN
ON THE DETAILS.

SOMETIMES YOU WOULD BE STRUCK

BY THINGS THAT YOU HADN'T
APPRECIATED WERE EVEN THERE.

Narrator:
ON THE COAST OF MEXICO,

STRANGE BLUE RECTANGLES
COME AND GO.

THEY'RE MAN-MADE FARMS...

TO MEET THE DEMAND
FOR SUPERMARKET SHRIMP.

♪

IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE,

A VAST AUSTRALIAN
IRRIGATION PROJECT.

COTTON FIELDS BLOOM
IN THE WILDERNESS.

Luca:
THERE IS THE INGENUITY OF MAN

THAT'S WORKING TO MAKE ORDER
OUT OF DISORDER.

Narrator: THE ARABIAN DESERT
HAS A STRIKING MYSTERY.

ALIEN SHAPES,
MARCHING ACROSS THE SANDS.

Luca: THEY LOOK LIKE PIXELS,
FROM A VIDEO GAME,

YOU KNOW, SPACE INVADERS.

Nicole: EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET
PICTURES OF THEM

BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
A PIECE OF ART.

THESE CIRCLES OF COLOR
SEEM TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

♪

Narrator: THIS IS JORDAN, ONE OF
THE DRIEST COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

WADI RUM IS A DESERT OUTPOST
OF SANDSTONE AND GRANITE.

15 YEARS AGO, SIJAL MAJALI CAME
HERE TO ATTEMPT THE IMPOSSIBLE.

Sijal Majali:
IT'S CALLED DESERT.

I MEAN, LOOK AROUND YOU,
IT'S ALL DRY.

DRY SAND.

IT RAINS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

♪

Narrator:
SIJAL MANAGES RUM FARM.

A MASTERPIECE OF GEOMETRY FOR
EFFICIENT USE OF PRECIOUS WATER.

♪

Sijal: IT'S REALLY HARD LAND
TO CULTIVATE.

LOTS OF EVAPORATION.

SO WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE BEST
TECHNIQUES FOR IRRIGATING.

Narrator: SIJAL HAS LIQUID GOLD
IN THE CELLAR.

BENEATH THE DESERT,
THERE'S AN AQUIFER--

60 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER
IN NATURAL STORAGE.

PIVOTING AT CENTRAL WELLS,

THE IRRIGATION ARMS
SWEEP OUT PERFECT CIRCLES.

IF THERE'S A SLICE
OF ROCKY GROUND,

THEY JUST AVOID IT.

Don: SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
A CIRCULAR PATTERN,

AND IT'S ONLY THREE QUARTERS
OF THE CIRCLE,

SO THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE PAC-MAN
HAS INVADED EARTH.

AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CIRCULAR
PATTERN RIGHT NEXT TO IT,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE EATING
EACH OTHER IN THE CLASSIC GAME.

IT JUST REMINDS ME THAT
HUMAN BEINGS ARE DOWN THERE,

AND THEY'RE RAISING FOOD.

Narrator: SIJAL GROWS POTATOES,
ONIONS AND OTHER STAPLE CROPS.

BUT THESE ARE THE GREEN SHOOTS
OF EARLY SPRING.

SIJAL HAS ANXIOUS WEEKS AHEAD.

Sijal: IN AGRICULTURE,
GOD IS YOUR PARTNER.

WE MIGHT GET FROST
IN THE COMING 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

IF WE GET FROST, WE REALLY LOSE
A LOT OF OUR PRODUCTION.

Narrator: FROM YEAR TO YEAR,
THE SATELLITES LOOK ON

AS SIJAL'S FORTUNES
WAX AND WANE.

IN A GOOD YEAR, THIS ONE FARM

FEEDS A FIFTH
OF JORDAN'S PEOPLE.

Sijal: IT MAKES ME PROUD

THAT JORDANIANS
ARE EATING OUR POTATOES.

AND WE'RE KEEPING
EVEN THE PRICES DOWN

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
IMPORTING POTATOES,

WHICH IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.

AND THE QUALITY
IS MUCH BETTER OVER HERE.

Narrator: THE AQUIFER
PROVIDES VITAL DRINKING WATER

FOR JORDAN AND SAUDI ARABIA.

AGRICULTURE IN BOTH COUNTRIES
DEPENDS ON IT.

BUT IT'S NOT RENEWABLE.

ONE ESTIMATE SAYS THE AQUIFER
HAS ONLY 50 YEARS LEFT.

Sijal: I HOPE THIS PROJECT
STAYS THE WAY IT IS,

BECAUSE IT'S FEEDING
TOO MANY MOUTHS AT THE MOMENT,

AND MANY PEOPLE DEPEND
ON OUR PRODUCE.

Narrator: THIS IS AGRICULTURE
AT ITS MOST EXTREME.

SIJAL IS GROWING VEGETABLES
IN A MOONSCAPE.

Don: YOU CANNOT DENY
THAT THIS IS THE EXPANSION

OF HUMAN BEINGS.

THAT'S HUMAN BEINGS MAKING FOOD
SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE.

Sijal: THE FACT THAT ASTRONAUTS

CAN SEE THIS PARTICULAR FARM
FROM SPACE IS REALLY AMAZING.

I WISH I WERE
A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER,

I WOULD HAVE GONE UP TO SPACE
AND TOOK A VIEW.

Luca: WE ARE USED TO THINK
OF DESERTS AS EMPTY PLACES

OR DEAD PLACES.

WHEN HUMANS GET THEIR WAY, THEY
CAN BECOME COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

DESERTS ARE LIVING.

Narrator: IF WE CAN MAKE
A LIVING DESERT,

WE CAN MAKE A LIVING ANYWHERE.

Nicole:
LOOKING AT EARTH FROM SPACE

GIVES US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE

THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS
WE ADAPT AND WE FIND OUR HOME.

Narrator: WE'RE MOVING
INTO THE BARREN REACHES

OF EVERY LAND MASS ON EARTH.

BUT ASTRONAUTS SEE DANGER,
AND IT COMES FROM THE OCEAN.

ASTRONAUTS ARE LOOKING ON

AS HUMANITY EXPANDS
ACROSS THE GLOBE.

BUT 40% OF US STILL LIVE
WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE OCEAN.

Tim: AS A HUMAN SPECIES
WE'VE EMERGED FROM THE WATER,

WHICH IS A SOURCE OF FOOD

AND A SOURCE OF COMMERCE
AND TRAVEL.

SO WHEREVER THERE'S A COASTLINE,
YOU WILL FIND HABITATION.

♪

Narrator: SATELLITES SEE BOOMING
POPULATION ON EVERY SHORE.

PEARL CITY, KUWAIT,
IS AN EARTHLY WORK OF ART.

SOUTH KOREA'S SONGDO WAS BUILT
FROM SCRATCH IN JUST TEN YEARS.

AND THERE'S ONE COASTLINE
EVEN ASTRONAUTS CAN'T RESIST.

♪

Nicole:
WELL, I GREW UP IN FLORIDA,

SO I WANTED TO SEE FLORIDA
FROM SPACE.

AND IT HAS
A VERY UNIQUE SHAPE TO IT.

IT JUST STANDS RIGHT OUT.

YOU CAN SEE THESE JUST
TRANSLUCENT BLUES AND TURQUOISES

OF THE WATER
AROUND THE WHOLE STATE.

Narrator:
IN THE LAST 50 YEARS,

THE POPULATION OF FLORIDA
HAS DOUBLED...

TWICE.

AND THREE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE
LIVE NEAR THE BEACH.

Nicole: YOU WANT TO GO THERE.

I MEAN, IT JUST INVITES YOU
TO BE THERE.

LIVING ON THE BEACH,
IT'S LIKE A DREAM.

Narrator: THIS IS MATANZAS,
ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.

IN 1990, JONI AND JERRY GALASSO
CAME DOWN FROM NEW YORK

TO START A NEW RESTAURANT
AND A NEW LIFE.

Joni: THERE WERE
BARELY ANY HOUSES.

THERE WERE A FEW OLD
BEACH HOUSES ON THE OCEANFRONT,

AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

Jerry: THE FIRST FEW YEARS THERE
WE COULDN'T AFFORD A HOUSE,

AND WE ACTUALLY RAISED OUR
THREE KIDS IN THE RESTAURANT.

♪

Narrator: AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TOOK OFF, SO DID THE BUSINESS.

Joni: THE AREA HAS JUST BOOMED.

IT'S JUST BEEN
A HUGE GROWTH SPURT.

MY STAFF KNEW NEARLY
EVERY CUSTOMER BY NAME.

AS SOMEBODY WOULD WALK IN,
THE CHORUS WOULD START IN--

"HELLO, GEORGE,"
OR "HELLO, DAVE!"

SO IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE THAT.

Narrator:
LIFE ON THE BEACH WAS GOOD.

BUT IN FLORIDA, THE OCEAN
CAN TAKE IT ALL AWAY.

Joni: THIS TIME, THE BULL'S-EYE
WAS ON THE ROOF, I GUESS.

Narrator: IN OCTOBER 2016,

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CAMERAS WATCHED EVENTS UNFOLD.

Nicole: YOU SEE
THIS BIG WHITE STRUCTURE

THAT ALMOST LOOKS
LIKE ITS OWN SHIP

MOVING, YOU KNOW,
MOVING ACROSS THE PLANET.

FROM SPACE IT LOOKS...
LIKE BILLOWY AND WHITE.

IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

IT ALMOST LOOKS PEACEFUL.

Announcer: WE BEGIN
WITH BREAKING NEWS.

HURRICANE MATTHEW
BEARING DOWN ON FLORIDA

AND SENDING RIPPLES OF FEAR
ALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST...

Rick Scott:
EVACUATE, EVACUATE, EVACUATE.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

Luca: IT'S ALMOST EERIE, BECAUSE
YOU DON'T HEAR ANY NOISE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE FAR AWAY,
AND YOU'RE ISOLATED.

[WIND ROARING]

[CLICK]

[WIND ROARING]

[SURF POUNDING]

Narrator: THE HURRICANE DROVE
A WALL OF WATER OVER THE COAST.

Luca: IT'S SO QUIET
FROM UP THERE,

IT ALMOST SEEMS MORE OMINOUS.

[WATER RUSHING]

Narrator:
THE DAY AFTER THE HURRICANE,

JERRY AND JONI CAME BACK
TO MATANZAS.

Jerry: WE HAD THIS WATER SURGE
WITH A FIVE-FOOT WAVE

BLOWING OUT THE WHOLE NORTH SIDE
OF OUR BUILDING.

WE DROVE A MILE SOUTH,
AND WE SAW HALF THE DECK

DOWN THE ROAD
ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE.

Narrator: THE WATER THREW
A WALK-IN REFRIGERATOR

ACROSS THE PARKING LOT.

EVERYTHING IN THE RESTAURANT
WAS DESTROYED.

Joni: CHAIRS AND TABLES
THAT WERE IN THE DINING ROOM

THAT JUST GOT...WHOOSH...
WASHED THROUGH.

IT'S SHOCKING WHEN IT'S BEEN
SUCH A VIBRANT PLACE

FOR SO LONG.

TO COME IN HERE AND SAY,
YOUR WHOLE LIFE'S WORK,

OH, MY GOD, IT'S ALL--
IT'S GONE.

Narrator: HURRICANES ARE POWERED
BY HEAT FROM THE OCEAN.

SO THERE ARE FEARS
THAT GLOBAL WARMING

MAY CAUSE HURRICANES
TO GET WORSE.

BUT SCIENTISTS CAN'T PROVE
THERE'S A LINK,

BECAUSE THERE'S
NO CONSISTENT WAY

TO MEASURE HURRICANE INTENSITY.

♪

HERE ON THE FLORIDA COAST,

SOMEONE IS RISING
TO THE CHALLENGE.

GEORGE DILLER WORKS

AT THE MOST CELEBRATED
BEACHFRONT PROPERTY ON EARTH.

THIS IS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
ON CAPE CANAVERAL,

WHERE ASTRONAUTS SET SAIL
FROM PLANET EARTH.

George Diller:
THE FIRING CHAIN IS ARMED.

Narrator: IT'S GEORGE'S VOICE...

George: WE ARE GO
FOR MAIN ENGINE START.

Narrator: ...THAT SENDS THEM
ON THEIR WAY.

George: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

AND LIFTOFF OF
THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY!

LIFTOFF OF
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS!

THE FINAL LIFTOFF OF ATLANTIS!

ON THE SHOULDERS
OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE,

AMERICA WILL CONTINUE THE DREAM.

♪

George: IT CERTAINLY BEATS
WORKING FOR A LIVING.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

Narrator: NASA'S VAST
VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING

IS HEAVILY REINFORCED
AGAINST HURRICANE WINDS.

BUT THE REST OF THE SPACE CENTER

IS LESS THAN TEN FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

George: BUT WE DO HAVE SCENARIOS
WHERE THE SPACE CENTER,

IF YOU LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW,
YOU WOULD JUST SEE WATER.

SO THE ONLY THINGS
RISING ABOVE IT

WOULD BE THINGS LIKE
THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING

AND THE TOPS OF THE LAUNCH PADS.

Narrator:
THE ONLY WAY TO MEASURE

THE STRENGTH OF A HURRICANE

IS TO LOOK INSIDE.

Man on radio: RUDDER DOWN.

Narrator: SO JUST SIX WEEKS
AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW,

NASA'S CYGNSS MISSION
IS A GAME CHANGER.

George: T MINUS 12.

T MINUS 10.

PEGASUS, GO FOR LAUNCH.

Narrator: THE SATELLITE
IS LAUNCHED FROM MID-AIR

ON A PEGASUS ROCKET.

George: AND DROP.

PEGASUS IS AWAY.

♪

IGNITION OF THE PEGASUS ROCKET
WITH CYGNSS,

HELPING HURRICANE FORECASTERS

UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT
THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANES.

Narrator: CYGNSS IS
EIGHT SATELLITES IN ONE,

THROWING A RING OF PROTECTION
AROUND THE EARTH.

THEY MEASURE THE HEIGHT
OF OCEAN WAVES--

THE CRUCIAL INDICATOR
OF HURRICANE WIND SPEED.

AS GLOBAL WARMING CONTINUES,

CYGNSS WILL WARN US
IF HURRICANES GET MORE POWERFUL

AND MORE DANGEROUS.

Luca: ALL THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF DATA GIVES US AN IDEA

OF HOW MUCH WE ARE AFFECTING
THE NATURE OF OUR PLANET.

♪

George: THE MORE WE SEE,

THE MORE WE WANT
TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT,

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE
ALL THE CHANGES ARE FOR GOOD.

SO LOOKING DOWN
ON THE EARTH FROM SPACE

IS JUST AS IMPORTANT
AS BEING ABLE TO LOOK OUT.

♪

Narrator: JERRY AND JONI GALASSO
HAVE RETIRED

FROM THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.

BUT LIKE THREE BILLION PEOPLE
WHO STILL LIVE ON THE COAST,

THEY NOW HAVE SOMEONE
TO WATCH OVER THEM.

Joni: YOU CAN'T LIVE IN FEAR.

IF YOU'RE LIVING IN FEAR,

YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING
OVER YOUR SHOULDER.

IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE.

♪

Narrator: IN 1972,
ASTRONAUT HARRISON SCHMITT

WENT TO THE MOON,

BUT DISCOVERED THE EARTH.

ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
OUR PROGRESS EVER SINCE.

Schmitt: WE STILL HAVE
TO REALIZE THAT CIVILIZATION,

IF YOU WANT CIVILIZATION,
REQUIRES RESOURCES,

AND YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT

WITH THE WELL-BEING
OF THE PLANET.

I THINK ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE
IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH

ARE GOING TO LEARN MORE AND MORE
ABOUT THE EARTH ITSELF

AND THE RESOURCES
THAT WE MIGHT USE HERE.

THE BETTER WE DO THAT,

THE BETTER OFF
WE'RE GOING TO BE.

Narrator:
THE HUMAN STORY CONTINUES.

ASTRONAUTS SEE US
FINDING NEW SOURCES

OF FOOD, POWER AND SHELTER.

SHAPING OUR FUTURE...

AND RESHAPING THE PLANET.

THERE'S ONLY ONE BLUE MARBLE.

Nicole: WE ARE THRIVING HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE CARE
OF THIS PLACE.

♪

HOME IS THE WORD.

♪

♪

Houston: I JUST WANT TO SAY
GOODNIGHT AND SLEEP TIGHT.

♪