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It's a mega storm, whipped up by the planet's rapid rotation.
这是地球迅速自转引发的超级风暴。
The moon is so close to Earth that its gravity is overwhelmed,
月球离地球很近，重力极大
creating huge tides that race across the planet's surface.
它在地表掀起滔天巨浪。
But over time, the moon moves away,
但久而久之，月球渐行渐远，
the waves calm down and the planet spins slower.
海浪归于平静，地球转得速度也慢了下来。

700 million years after the planet's birth,
地球诞生7亿年后，
life-giving water covers its surface. And scattered throughout are tiny islands.
赋予生命的人水覆盖地表，天边外还零零星星地散落着小岛，
They seem to have appeared from nowhere.
他们似乎凭空出现，
So how did they get here?
那么它们是怎么形成的呢？
Molten rock bursts through the Earth's crust
熔岩喷出地壳，
and rises up through the ocean.
从海上升起。
Over time the lava cools, forming a volcanic island.
久而久之，熔岩冷却，形成火山岛。
In the future, these islands will join together to form the first continents.
未来它们将结合起来，构成第一批大陆。
Earth now has water and land.
婴儿期的地球有水，有陆地。
It's beginning to look like the planet we call home.
它开始像我们称之为家的星球，
But the atmosphere is still toxic and
但大气有毒，
the temperature is scorching. Life here is impossible.
温度极高，生命无法存活于此。

视频及简介

本片就比如在地球刚刚形成时就有摄影机记录下每个重大事件。本节目将以写实电脑动画带领观众踏上旅途，穿越45亿年，介绍地球的诞生期、冰河时期、巨大火山喷发、恐龙的统治以及早期人类。