The Thin Blue Line
Professor Brian Cox reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most wondrous sights in the solar system.
Professor Brian Cox reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most wondrous sights in the solar system. He takes a ride in an English Electric Lightning and flies 18 km up to the top of earth's atmosphere, where he sees the darkness of space above and the thin blue line of our atmosphere below. In the Namib desert in south-west Africa, he tells the story of Mercury. This tiny planet was stripped naked of its early atmosphere and is fully exposed to the ferocity of space.
Against the stunning backdrop of the glaciers of Alaska, Brian reveals his fourth wonder: Saturn's moon Titan, shrouded by a murky, thick atmosphere. He reveals that below the clouds lies a magical world. Titan is the only place beyond earth where we've found liquid pooling on the surface in vast lakes, as big as the Caspian Sea, but the lakes of Titan are filled with a mysterious liquid, and are quite unlike anything on earth.
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Brian Cox on his favourite Wonder
Duration: 05:09
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Mercury's lost atmosphere
Duration: 01:58
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Methane rain on Titan
Duration: 03:52
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Titan's lakes
Duration: 03:34
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Deepcentral
#Dragosteainvin
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Roots Manuva
All Things
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UNKLE
Nocturnal
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Brian Cox |
Director | Chris Holt |
Series Producer | Danielle Peck |
Executive Producer | Andrew Cohen |
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Mar 2010 21:00大象传媒 HD & 大象传媒 Two
- Tue 23 Mar 2010 19:00大象传媒 Two except Wales
- Wed 24 Mar 2010 00:10大象传媒 HD
- Sat 24 Apr 2010 20:00
- Sun 25 Apr 2010 02:20
- Thu 20 May 2010 01:15大象传媒 One except Scotland
- Thu 20 May 2010 01:45大象传媒 One Scotland
- Wed 6 Oct 2010 23:50
- Tue 23 Nov 2010 19:00大象传媒 HD
- Wed 24 Nov 2010 01:00大象传媒 HD
- Sat 27 Nov 2010 17:15大象传媒 HD
- Wed 29 Dec 2010 19:00
- Wed 13 Apr 2011 00:20大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Wed 13 Apr 2011 00:30大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Mon 30 Jan 2012 23:00大象传媒 HD
- Thu 21 Jun 2012 20:00
- Fri 22 Jun 2012 01:40
- Sat 23 Jun 2012 23:50
- Wed 11 Feb 2015 23:00
- Thu 28 Nov 2019 20:00
- Fri 29 Nov 2019 02:25
- Wed 31 Aug 2022 00:35