Where Did Earth's Water Come From?
Written & Researched by Leila Battison. Check out her channel:-
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Narrated by David Kelly. Check out his channel:-
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Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza
Artwork by Eduardo Valdez
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By Percival Lowell - Яков Перельман - "Далёкие миры". СПб, типография Сойкина (English transliteration: Yakov Perelman - "Distant Worlds". St. Petersburg, Soykin printing house), 1914., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Mariner 4 - NASA, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Unknown author - Reconstructed from several online sources by Joe Haythornthwaite, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By John Evans and Howard Periman, USGS - ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyc..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
By ESA - European Space Agency & Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research for OSIRIS Team ESA/MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA - www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Imag..., CC BY-SA 3.0-igo, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By European Southern Observatory / M. Kornmesser - www.eso.org/public/images/eso..., CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Iván Éder - www.astroeder.com/digital/C17P..., CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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By Frank E. Schoonover (illustration) - Here, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Henrique Alvim Corrêa - drzeus.best.vhw.net, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Hi everybody! Thanks so much for the kind words and support so far! We are a brand new channel attempting a hugely ambitious project, telling no less than the entire history of our world. Please like, subscribe and share if you enjoyed the video as this will help us immeasurably to make this project financially viable. Why not share with a like minded friend- it will help us more than you know, and let us know in the comments what eras of the past you are most looking forward to seeing! A few spring to mind for me *Dinosaurs*... *Late Permian Extinction*... Thanks again and hope you enjoy the videos!
@riflemanusa Aww.. Bhoo hoo hoo...
How much are you going to explain the biologie and the human history of Earth of the Earth?
@riflemanusa Yep, you are overly sensitive. Here's a Kleenex... Life is a lot more than sound bites...
I think you've gotten off to a great start! I'm looking forward to more great videos from you!
@riflemanusa STFU! The rest of the world already knows how stupid and Inept our government is. We can do without another ignorant, boorish troll polluting a really good channel.
I remember when history channel and discovery channel had programs like these. But these are even better!
Before they turned into EXTREEEEEEEEME FISHING EXTREEEEME GOLD MINING EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXTREME SH*T dang now i too realy miss the old discovery channel
@@lukeonuke EXTEME ALIENS BUILT THE PYRAMIDS AND THE GREAT WALL. WOWEEEE
Back when they were actually about history and discovery
Now its absolutely garbage . All reality tv trash with nothing to do with history or discovery
If you can remember that you must be REALLY OLD. But you are still correct!
I've watched almost the entirety of the videos in this channel and still can't get over the literary skill at narrating science that is found here. A true gem for documentary lovers.
Some of it is actually quite poetic IMO. It’s amazing and true talent
HA! I've read almost the whole history of Earth. Pro Tip, watch them instead.
Have you watched history of the universe from this channel ? It's at the same level of production !
@@AddictsoftheImmediate it is!
@@averteddisasterbarely2339 indeed it is! I watch both of their channels, 2 of the best here in YT I'd say :)
A note about Percival Lowell, there is some evidence that he suffered from glaucoma, which tended to make the cause a shadow of the veins and nerves appear on the retina as it is pushed up against them by pressure. Tests have been done on the eye piece that he used on his telescope and they show that a person with glaucoma would be able to notice these shadows if you look through it at a mostly singular color. Thus the general belief is that the canals that he saw were actually the shadowy reflection of his eyes' own retina. Edit: Changed Cornea to Retina, as it should be. As pointed out by Paul Endry, the Cornea doesn't actually have a blood supply (it gets oxygen from the air, not through they blood supply.)
Appallo never went to no damn moon. Fact
@@jayltd.7030 when would you say America first landed on the moon?
@@jayltd.7030 if ever
@@jayltd.7030 How can you be so sure it's a Fact that the Yanks didn't go to the Moon during the night we all stayed awake?
@@jayltd.7030 show me the facts instead of just saying facts. I would truly like to see facts that prove we didn’t go to the moon.
“A planet once gifted, then robbed” I feel so sorry for Mars now😭
if it makes you feel better, god threw a moon at us like we’re tony stark
He-he don't worry, Elon Musk is going to make Mars green again, ha-ha maybe.
@@markspc1 To begin with, we must have enough energy to start anything on Mars. By the way, I believe we have not discovered evidence on Mars that it once had plants or trees. To make it green, there are a lot of work. A lot of precious energy to start a plant life cycle but Mars cannot hold an atmosphere. I wonder if it is worth trying to make Mars green.
@@squaaam2263 But our shitty moon is even worse than Mars. Mars at least resembles our deserts through pictures.
@@benthekeeshond545 you’re right we need to somehow make an artifical carbon cycle on mars, and we’re only good at fucking up carbon cycles as a species
I'm old enough to have heard the stories of geology and biology told a thousand times, but you're bringing new information (to me) in every video. Really good job Leila and the team. Thank you.
Seeing those pictures of our beautiful blue planet in the black Infinity of Space and knowing how we are slowly destroying it brings tears to the eyes.
Mars lost its water but Mars is too small? First time I heard that.
This is such a great series, a massive thank you to everyone involved in putting this together, can't wait for the next one!
Thanks for watching!
@@HistoryoftheEarth our earth is truly beautiful
A road where driving car is banned. For such informative videos like this channel.. . kzhead.info/sun/icadk5mHo6ePlX0/bejne.html
The water was stolen from Mars, that explains why Martains always want to invade Earth in old sci- Fi movies.
@@HistoryoftheEarth I just jumped to this vid after How The Earth Got Its Magnetic Field (And Why It Might Not Protect Us Much Longer)....and subbing👍As a space weather observer, I'm lookin for content tying the magnetic field to the prev earth 12000yr cycle many call the "Noah Event". The ongoing pole shift started in 1890 (so thats when they started tracking it)... YOU know what happened in 1890 So Mars had life & water up to the 24000 sun cycle?🤔 evidence suggests we're heading into another🏜🌋🌊
Sometimes I just look outside my window and get to ask myself how did I get here and how I take for granted to have this experience of life.I mean its both beautiful and weird . A very deep illusion.
God. Of whatever form. To be. Alive. And breathing.
If I ever make it to where I can afford to donate huge sums of money to a charity, I would donate to educational productions like this. Thank you for this channel!
You know the feeling when you run into a high quality channel with valid information
@Zach Higgins 🌵Yep! The Brothers Kelly (Pete & David) are very exceptional young Englishmen, and just Outstanding Historians AND Filmmakers! Their future gets brighter every year, as they become even better, more "polished". As another commenter said, ..."it's a joy to watch everything they produce!" More good wishes, and more thanks to you, boys! 🌵😎💖🌴
"No rocks survive from that time" Except that one trooper we talked about last video. Great work, loving this channel! It's strange and amazing to think that our water and metals were sent to us by Jupiter, or that the water in my own flesh was originally from something like the asteroid belt and not Earth. Or to look out my window and know that, right up there, invisible in the sky, is a titanic shield keeping me safe.
Like Carl Sagan and Joni Mitchell used to say, "We're all starstuff."
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe
It's water, by Jove.
@@Slowmodem1 Star dust.
Except the entire Earth is made of such as asteroids in the 1st place.
This series is superbly put together. The breath of what’s been discussed is immense, the narrative compelling and it brings the realisation how lucky we are to live on this beautiful blue planet.
Well said!
Breadth* but yes, I agree
*breadth.
Wondering exactly how Mars looked throughout Lowell’s telescope...
There is a hypothesis that what he was actually seeing was the veins in his own eyes. The eyepiece was so small that it acted as an opthalmoscope. He also saw spots and lines on Venus
@@andrew7955 The spots would be floaters for sure.
@@andrew7955 is he the one that saw the canal system on Mars?
I'm just here, enjoying one of the most in-depth history channel on KZhead.
Cool story...
Resileaf amen to that. One hundred percent I agree
Try the Space News by the Thunderbolts Project. Perhaps, really deep pools of thought are too scary? Start at the beginning. It's multidisciplinary so hit them all and then look at the Earth and Universe again with understanding. The worst that can happen is you don't get it.
@@gregpenismith1248 Cool story, but just a story.
Just as I'm beginning to worry i might be unsatisfied on this Sunday night before my work week begins, because i can't find a video to help lull me. Your content swoops in to help educate & sooth my ever turning mind. Thank you sir.😎🤘
I'm retired, no longer having Sunday foreboding. Every day is the same. I awaken mid-sleep, often. Last night was no exception. This video did the same as for you. I fell back to sleep halfway through. Once up for good, I had to watch the whole video again. Great stuff! BTW, being retired is not all it's cracked up to be. I'm as busy now, if not busier than I was when working... It's just that if I need extra sleep, I can get it, and I do. Well done History of the Earth! Keep this content coming.
@@thomaswalz3515 Why are you just as busy if not more if I may ask?
Totes ❤️❤️
Totes 😻😻🍵🍵🍵
@@ballislife9924 You may find out. I did.
Blown away by the quality of this production and the passion of the narration ❤️
Man, water is an amazing thing. I'm just sitting here, thinking of all the things it does for life. One of those moments.. Life is amazing. Being conscious, and aware. Religious or not, that is something we can all agree with. Existence is amazing, and unique. Its something more people should cherish.
Nice point. Well said. Romans 1:19-20 Because what may be known about God is clearly evident among them, for God made it clear to them.20 For his invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable.
Also something very destructive ever seen a tsunami? And also isn’t like it’s Just pure and u can live off it if your stuck in a ocean drinking salt water you will die so everything you just said sounds pointless to a realist and why cherish anything when you die you won’t remember shit your as irrelevant as a seashell getting washed away in the ocean truth hurts
@@sevenlineitapinfo2944 gods not real your a fool do what u want while u can cause when your life is over it’s non refundable 👍
@@kodyjohnson1417 Calm down, my post was meant for the OP and not for you
No, it's. You are sloppy. And water indeed has a list of properties that can blow your mind. It is in radioators, because there is no other fluid taking so much energy to heat it. For real. And ice is floating. Can you tell me, which OTHER solid stuff is floating on the liquid? You can't! And the list goes on and on and on. It is amazing. And most people are too stupid to know such things. Ah, I don't care! How would I know that? Dude, you ARE water!
This is a super-fascinating series - just the right amount of detail, with a wonderfully verbose script.
Music ruined it
@@unnamedchannel1237 nah
This whole series is so watchable, really well put together. Earth seems to have been on an incredible run of luck to be like it is today, will anything ever end the lucky run ?
It was no stroke of luck, as above so below
Eventually luck will run out. According to this video once the core of the planet cools it will experience the same fate as Mars.
Luck may have made life possible. Humanity's intent will destroy it.
@@tinetannies4637 and what intent is that? You must a man raised by a single mother
@@truthsocialmedia What an idiotic comment. To your question, humanity's intent is incessant greed and environmental destruction. China is building 43 new coal fired power plants. US CO2 levels are projected to increase 8% over 2020 as post-covid life returns to normal-ish. The rate of rainforest destruction in Brazil continues to increase. The list goes on. It's a global phenomenon, and has been. Says my happily married mother.
I shall never complain about the rain again! This is probably my favourite episode so far. Looking forward to the rest of them.
This channel is a marriage of science and poetry. A delight to watch. I am looking forward to see the next geological epochs. Keep on going and thank you for your awesome work.
I'm requesting a divorce. Keep em separate.
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No pack drill or gimmicks - just good solid and very entertaining history and science. Brilliant video that hooks the viewer in like a Whodunit - bravo.
This really should be on TV, but always keeping its humble intellectual style. Can’t get better narration
I have heard about TV, is it good ?
Loving these videos guys. Clearly a labour of love and that comes across in everything from the composition of the video and audio to the calming and engaging narration. I'm recommending you to many folk. Keep up the good work. Peace x
I love how Jupiter is almost portrayed as an evil villain trying to destroy Earth and Mars. It really makes for a compelling story that keeps you hooked. It's almost Attenborough-esque.
Just mentioned of David Attenborough made me want to watch it. I was teetering the other way so thank you for the info.
I got the opposite sense. If it weren't for Jupiter, we never would've gotten our water. Jupiter's a good lad!
This is such a treat. Best used half an hour I've done for a long time.
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I love the eclectic manner in which you tell the story of history. The back and forth from ancient past to the very recent past to tell the bigger story.
This was great. It's an unbelievably complex series of events and circumstances explained so clearly, that even I could understand it. I look forward to more.
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I know this channel is only a couple months old but you guys deserve way more subs.
To hear 'hard science' presented so poetically - and with fine voice, accent, pacing and clarity - is captivating indeed.
100% agreed
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Glad to have you here. Welcome!
Same. I feel like im 12 years old watching old school discovery channel again. before it was taken over by reality tv garbage
@@fakiirification right there with you... I hate those deadly fishing, deadly kilos, deadly creatures... I'll never eat a crude scorpion, or try to survive in the amazonia naked...
Wow, Flagstaff is pretty much my second hometown, and while I was always aware of Lowell Observatory, I honestly didn't know a thing about the person behind the name. I always thought whatever Lowell it was named after was an inconsequential person. On top of that, I always heard the observatory's claim to fame was that it was where Pluto was discovered. So I never knew any of this stuff about Percival Lowell, or Mars until now! Like I said, Flagstaff is really my second hometown, I moved there when I was fifteen, and only stayed for about 5 more years. So maybe I missed out on a lot of childhood field trips, and local stories about Percival Lowell.
Really good programme. Thank you for making these. So much on YT is so bad, but this fulfils the promise of YT as a viable medium for quality content.
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That was basically an 8 minute intro. This video was great.
I found u yesterday and i gotta say in 14 years of youtube educational channels this is hands down the best channel. I cant give any higher praise
Love your videos. Thanks for putting the time and effort into them. Really informative and interesting.
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Check out the notes and links under the video.
This is an amazing page for both asking the important questions and giving examples of what we know while leaving that which we don't know up to the interpretation of future scientific thinkers. Great documentaries.
This is amazing. I could not focus on anything else and was in a trance the whole time. Wonderfully done!
I appreciate the first segments of each video that discuss our recent history in learning about the episode's topic, really puts into perspective how short a time we've known about the billions of years of Earth's history (or at least the parts that we know so far)
Thanks for watching. The history of how we know about ancient earth is just as interesting as ancient earth itself
I love the fact that from 15K subscribers, 11K have already watched this (I know it's not as lineal as that) but I like how elevated that ratius is.
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Probably the best series of its type I've ever seen! Congratulations, and thanks.
I find the actual information and story of how our earth began and went along to get to where it is far more fascinating and awe inspiring than any religious creation story.
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Okay, I'm subscribing . Just keep up the great content. You have an informative and enthusiastic approach to the material. Rock on guys, you'll grow. Kris
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I thought the short, 60s western-style cowboy music, was a little interesting.
THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING!! GREAT STORY,NARRATION,FACTS,EDITING,CAMERA WORK AND JUST SUPERB QUALITY..CONGRATULATIONS!
Excellent. Brian Perkins, retired Producer/Director - BBC Natural History Unit/Time-Life.
First of all: thank you for producing a wonderful documentary indicating the origins of water. Again thank you. This IS appreciated.
If only Lowell could have lived to see the up-close exploration of mars It’d probably have made him happy if only he knew that someday, long after he was gone, we would know so much more about mars
The narration, the script, the visuals and all the wonderful info you give, for free! Love this channel! 🤩 I'm binge-watching this 😁
so happy that I discovered this channel, at last!! im watching 2 or 3 videos every weekend, so fascinating :D
Leila, Pete and the gang .... Thank you, this is great stuff ...... mind boggling material ...
Thank you! Plenty more mind-boggling to come :)
Thank you for this poetic, beautifully done and comprehensive video of an enormously complicated subject. It does make the pain of destruction so much greater. Mankind today is destroying this life blood of our planet and most people aren't even aware of the subject, much less the danger.
Also overblown by totalitarians to make us willingly become slaves. Don't take anything at face value, and check it yourself if poss. The amount of lies in this society is beyond measure.
Humans will save all life on Earth when the sun expands in half a billion years time...
@@SaveWesternCivilisation Go Humans!
@@SaveWesternCivilisation Humans have only existed for 200,000 years and will likely become a different species in 200,000 years.
What humans are doing to the planet pales in comparison to the events that caused the great extinctions of the past. Siberian super volcanoes caused the Permian extinction (The Great Dying). 63 million years age an asteroid killed the dinosaurs except for the birds. Human caused damage? The Earth will shake us off like a bad case of fleas. It isn't going anywhere, but humans certainly will (go away). -channeling the late, great philosopher, George Carlin
These videos take me back to a simpler time. Thank you for your hard work and brilliant results.
Well, what can I say? Another fantastic video, which you produce again and again, every time it's a wonderful production of history, beauty and accurate science. All of you are so talented, I would LOVE to see a short introduction video introducing everybody...I would love to meet you all. Please consider this and again, thank you for unbelievable stunning work.
Excellent series of videos. Very well done. I started watching them a few days ago and I’m up to this one, with every intention of watching the whole series. The graphics are great and the narration is very good and compelling. I remember the old History and National Geographics channels on TV and these are better. Keep up the good work.
Really enjoy these videos, they are super well scripted! Small correction, though, H.G. Wells died in 1946, you made a typo at 4:03 where it says that he died in 1966 Edit: another one: I guess it's a little bit misleading saying that water is two thirds hydrogen. It is of course two atoms out of the three making up the molecular compound, but in terms of mass, it only constitutes around 1/9 because of oxygen's considerable mass compared to hydrogen.
Finding history, is finding truth
I saw that and was thrown for a second. Ah, typos happen - probably hard to correct once they're posted!
Molecularly it is two thirds Hydrogen
I thought H G wells died in 1966 i must have it mix up with sum one else
@Singer Impressions Isn't it 'aitch'? But I agree there's no 'Huh' in it...
The visuals, the narration and the music especially, is stunning. Probably the most finely crafted videos on KZhead. Is the music from the title original?
Love this series, it's amazing thanks I'm going to watch every show. From beginning to end. Thank you.
All caught up with your series now. Looking forward to the next one.
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The tears of enlightenment.
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Great work. Saw all of your videos till now today. Hope to see more such incredible content. I hope you will continue with geology in this channel, especially the precambrian supereon. 7/8 th of the earths history is too much neglected in popular science.
Percival Lowell was imaginative, intuitive, allowing us a little look over his shoulder while doing so. Being wrong on a few things, he allowed us to say "well and why not ?" asking "what if" until we know better. Thanks for the videos 😊
This video is a work of art- like listening to poetry while gazing upon something beautiful. Amazing work I absolutely loved it.
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Watching for the second time. I love your job! Keep going and you will be rewarded. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Thankyou! We appreciate it
Rewarded by whom?
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The fact Earth has a magnetic field strong enough to negate solar wind probably has more to do with the fact Earth also has the core of Thea to work with as opposed to Earth's size.
This is the third video that I watch from your channel. It is fantastic and beautiful.
Nice use of visuals and background music. Excellent combination with calm narration.
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I think that water was present even in the beginning of Earth's formation or evolution wherein the earth is the one who have it's complete elements which is capable of providing a living things.
Water is life
I kept thinking I'd heard this voice somewhere before, then it hit me - Voices of the Past!! Your narration really brings the beautiful script to life. Keep up the great work.
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Seriously these documentaries are amazing ! Thank you
This was mesmerizing. Much too short. As good as a production and story weaving can be.
What a excellent series. I'm wondering about the creators' background. Whatever it is, it addresses my most nagging questions of the beginnings of everything: water, viruses, etc. Looking forward to new additions.
Thoroughly enjoying this series. Extremely well done.
I really enjoyed your poetic treatment of language. Very nice!
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youre phenomenal, apart from origins of life being my current interest, the presentation just cant get better, even your voice fits perfect