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[RADIO TRANSMISSION CHATTER]

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

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FIVE HOURS AFTER LIFTOFF,
THE EARTH ALREADY FAR BEHIND.

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

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

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

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BUT LET ME GET IT EXACT.

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Schmitt: JUST APPROXIMATE’S
GOOD ENOUGH.

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Narrator: HARRISON SCHMITT
IS BOUND FOR THE MOON.

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

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SO THINGS GOT SMALLER VERY FAST.

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Narrator: SCHMITT IS ABOUT
TO BECOME THE FIRST ASTRONAUT

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TO PHOTOGRAPH THE WHOLE EARTH.

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Schmitt:
THE APOLLO 17 LANDING SITE

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DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD SEE
A NEARLY FULL EARTH

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SOON AFTER LAUNCH.

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LOOK AT THAT.

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YEAH, MADAGASCAR.

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AND AFRICA!

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

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OK, YOU WANT TO LOOK?

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

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Schmitt: A HUMAN BEING
TOOK A PICTURE

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THAT THEN EVERYBODY
ON THE PLANET,

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ONCE THEY SAW IT,
COULD IDENTIFY WITH.

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

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

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A FRAGILE-APPEARING
PIECE OF BLUE IN SPACE,

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IT’S THE EARTH RIGHT NOW.

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Man: THAT’S GREAT.

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Narrator: 45 YEARS LATER,

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OUR HOME PLANET
HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED.

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TODAY, THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION CIRCLES THE EARTH,

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250 MILES UP.

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A NEW GENERATION OF ASTRONAUTS
HAS A GRANDSTAND VIEW.

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Tim Peake: I WAS BORN IN 1972,

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

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Narrator: IN 45 YEARS,
THE HUMAN POPULATION HAS DOUBLED

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TO 7.4 BILLION.

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ASTRONAUTS AND SATELLITES
HAVE A STORY TO TELL...

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OF STARTLING CHANGE
ON PLANET EARTH.

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WE’VE MADE STRANGE
AND BEAUTIFUL FORMS...

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Nicole Stott:
IT STUNS YOU ON EVERY LEVEL.

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

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

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

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IT’S LIKE, WOW!

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Narrator: NEW CITIES APPEAR
BY MAGIC.

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MYSTERIES SHIMMER IN THE SUN.

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Luca Parmitano: FROM SPACE,
THAT CAPTURES OUR ATTENTION

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AND IMAGINATION.

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Narrator:
ASTRONAUTS ARE WATCHING

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AS WE MAKE OUR MARK ON EARTH.

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Don: THERE’S HUMANS DOWN THERE.

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I’M HUMAN.
THIS IS A GOOD THING.

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

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FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

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Luca: IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

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Narrator: THIS IS HOW
WE CHANGED THE WORLD,

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THEN LOOKED DOWN
TO SEE WHAT WE HAD DONE.

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Man: ♪ THAT’S A METAPHOR... ♪

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Woman: YOU MAKE IT SOUND EASY.

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Narrator: FOR ASTRONAUTS,

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THE MOST OBVIOUS CHANGE
IN OUR PLANET

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CAN BE SEEN FROM ANY WINDOW.

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AS THE HUMAN POPULATION GROWS,

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OUR CITIES SPIN A WEB OF LIGHT
ACROSS THE GLOBE.

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

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TO THE LAST TIME,
WHICH WAS 2012,

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THE MAIN EFFECT I SAW ON EARTH
WAS AT NIGHTTIME,

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AND IT WAS THE EXTENT
OF LIGHTING.

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

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BUT AN ASTRONAUT’S CAMERA
SWALLOWS IT WHOLE.

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Kjell Lindgren: WE LOVE
TAKING PICTURES OF CITIES,

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TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
CAN PICK OUT THE CITY

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WHEN YOU JUST SEE THE PHOTO
VERY QUICKLY.

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Narrator: THE BIGGEST MEGACITIES
ARE TOKYO...

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DELHI...

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AND SHANGHAI.

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NEXT IN LINE ARE MUMBAI...

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SAO PAULO...

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AND THE CHINESE CAPITAL,
BEIJING.

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Nicole: TO SEE
THESE GLOWING CITIES

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KIND OF POPPING OUT AT YOU
AT NIGHT

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IS REALLY PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

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FOR ME IT OPENED UP
THIS WHOLE NEW VIEW

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OF LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE CHINA.

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

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AN ENTIRELY NEW MEGACITY
HAS GROWN

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FROM THE MOST HUMBLE
OF BEGINNINGS.

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Nicole: THE CHANGE
THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE,

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IT’S INCREDIBLE.

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IT ALMOST DOESN’T SEEM REAL.

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

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POPULATION, 1,000.

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

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

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AND THE STREETS OF BAISHIZHOU
BECAME A LABYRINTH.

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

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

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Narrator:
SOON IT WAS HARD TO TELL

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WHERE ONE VILLAGE ENDED
AND THE NEXT ONE BEGAN.

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THE STREETS WERE SO NARROW

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THAT NEIGHBORS COULD SHAKE HANDS
ACROSS THE GAP.

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Jet: IF YOU GET A STRANGER
IN THERE,

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I WILL BET HE WILL NEVER
GET OUT FROM BAISHIZHOU.

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

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IT’S REALLY EASY TO GET LOST.

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

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IN LESS THAN 40 YEARS

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A MEGACITY OF 11 MILLION
HAS GROWN AROUND IT.

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ITS NAME IS SHENZHEN.

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Nicole: YOU CAN IMAGINE
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

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BUSTLING AROUND THAT AREA...

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BUT IT’S LIKE
THE MUTE BUTTON IS ON.

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IT’S A VERY SURREAL THING.

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IT GETS YOU THINKING ABOUT

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WHAT ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE
DOING DOWN THERE?

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Narrator:
JET CUI STILL HANGS OUT

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WITH THE BOYS
FROM THE OLD VILLAGE.

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THEY’RE THE SAME AGE
AS THE NEW CITY,

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AND THEIR EYES
ARE ON THE FUTURE.

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Jet: ELECTRONICS!

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MY BUSINESS IS
IN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.

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BECAUSE OF BASKETBALL.

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RIGHT?

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MY FAVORITE PLAYER
IS MICHAEL JORDAN,

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AND HE SAID SOMETHING
LIKE, JUST DO IT!

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

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

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Narrator: JET’S GENERATION
IS SURFING THE WAVE

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OF I.T., ELECTRONICS,
AND COMMUNICATIONS.

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

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OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS.

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Jet: SHENZHEN IS REALLY,
LIKE, HIGH EFFICIENCY.

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IT’S PRETTY INTERNATIONAL
AS WELL.

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

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

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Narrator: SHENZHEN IS HOME

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TO THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
DRONE COMPANY.

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AND IT’S SAID TO MAKE
ONE QUARTER

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OF ALL SMART PHONES
SOLD ON EARTH.

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ELECTRONICS MAKE THE CITY
A BLAZE OF COLOR.

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Don: WHEN YOU LOOK
AT A CITY AT NIGHT,

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YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR
HAS CHANGED.

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THERE ARE NOW
MANY DIFFERENT COLORS.

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Narrator:
WESTERN CITIES GLOW ORANGE

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FROM SODIUM STREET LIGHTS.

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ASIAN CITIES GLOW GREEN
FROM MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS.

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BUT SHENZHEN IS
A COLOR-CHANGING CHAMELEON.

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

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

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

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Nicole: YOU JUST FEEL
LIKE YOU’RE LOOKING

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AT A PLACE THAT’S ALIVE.

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Narrator: THESE ARE THE CHILDREN
OF THE MEGACITY AGE.

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BUT THEY HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN
THEIR VILLAGE ROOTS.

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

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WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT
TOGETHER.

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Narrator: MEGACITIES ARE
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.

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

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

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MORE EVERYTHING.

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

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

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AS WE MULTIPLY,

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THE EARTH GLITTERS
WITH THE LIGHT OF NEW CITIES.

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BUT ASTRONAUTS ALSO SEE
THE PRICE WE PAY FOR PROGRESS.

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Tim: TO SEE HOW FRAGILE
OUR ATMOSPHERE IS

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MAKES YOU VERY AWARE
THAT WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE

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ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS
ON PLANET EARTH.

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WE ARE CHANGING THE PLANET

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

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Narrator: SATELLITES SEE
HUGE LONG-TERM CHANGES.

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CENTRAL ASIA’S ARAL SEA

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HAS SHRUNK DRAMATICALLY
SINCE THE SIXTIES.

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SINCE 1980
ALASKA’S COLUMBIA GLACIER

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HAS LOST HALF ITS VOLUME.

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IN SOUTH AMERICA,

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BOLIVIA’S LAKE POOPO
HAS DRIED UP ALMOST COMPLETELY.

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ALL THREE HAVE BEEN TRACED
TO MAN-MADE CAUSES.

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Don: WE DO NOT WANT
TO FOUL OUR NEST

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TO THE POINT WHERE
WE CAN NO LONGER LIVE

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IN THE PLACES WE WANT TO.

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Narrator: THE VIEW FROM SPACE

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GIVES US A VITAL WAY
TO UNDERSTAND CHANGES ON EARTH.

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[RADIO TRANSMISSION]
Man: GO AHEAD, LUCA.

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Narrator: ASTRONAUTS SEE THINGS

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THE REST OF US
CAN ONLY DREAM OF.

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

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Woman: LUCA, READY FOR MOTION?

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Luca: READY FOR MOTION,
GO AHEAD.

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WHILE WE WERE OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

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THE SUN CAME UP.

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

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

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THE BLUE OF THE OCEAN,
THAT SUPER DEEP BLUE,

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CAME UP ALL AT ONCE.

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AND THEN IT TRANSFORMED INTO
THE TERRACOTTA COLOR OF AFRICA,

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THAT EXTENDS
AND IT TURNS INTO GREEN.

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AND YOU’RE LOOKING
AT THE FOREST OF AFRICA.

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AND THEN THE MAJESTY
OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO,

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CLIMBING OVER EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WAS COVERED IN CLOUDS.

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JUST THE EYE OF THE VOLCANO,
COMING OUT.

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AND IT LOOKED LIKE AN EYE,

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EVEN THE SHAPE
OF THE CLOUDS AROUND IT.

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AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT,

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AND IT LOOKED ALMOST LIKE
STARING AT A DINOSAUR,

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A LIVING THING.

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IT JUST TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.

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IT LITERALLY
TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.

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Narrator: MOUNT KILIMANJARO
IS THE GREAT ICON

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OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

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FROM THE TANZANIAN FOREST,
THE DORMANT VOLCANO

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CLIMBS 19,000 FEET
TO A FROZEN PEAK.

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ULTRA-MARATHON RUNNER SIMON MTUY

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HAS LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE
IN THE FOOTHILLS.

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HE HAS CLIMBED TO THE TOP
NEARLY 500 TIMES.

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Simon Mtuy:
YOU’RE FEELING EVERY TWIST

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OF THE STONES
THAT YOU’RE STEPPING ON.

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YOU’RE MORE AWARE OF YOUR SOUND.

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YOU’RE MORE AWARE
OF YOUR BREATHING.

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SO YOU’RE IN THIS ZONE.

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ZOOMING.

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

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IN 9 HOURS, 21 MINUTES...

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A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS.

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BUT THE GLACIERS AT THE SUMMIT--

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THE CELEBRATED SNOWS
OF KILIMANJARO--

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ARE SHRINKING.

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

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

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OF COURSE I CAN TELL
A DIFFERENCE.

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

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SINCE 1976, MORE THAN HALF
HAS DISAPPEARED.

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THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN BLAMED
ON GLOBAL WARMING.

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

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Simon: WHEN I REMEMBER
MY CHILDHOOD,

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THERE WERE SO MANY PLACES
I COULDN’T GO

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BECAUSE IT WAS A HUGE RIVER.

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NOW YOU CAN ALMOST COVER
THE WHOLE ENTIRE MOUNTAIN

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WITHOUT GETTING YOUR SHOES WET.

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Narrator: IN FACT,
KILIMANJARO’S PROBLEM

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MAY BE MORE LOCAL THAN GLOBAL.

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AND THE EVIDENCE COMES
FROM SPACE.

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THE MOUNTAIN STANDS
ON AN ISLAND OF TREES.

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Don: WHEN YOU LOOK
AT KILIMANJARO FROM SPACE,

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YOU SEE IT IS SURROUNDED
BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE DESERT.

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

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AND IT BECOMES GREEN,

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AND THEN IT CHANGES AGAIN
BACK TO BROWN

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WHEN YOU GET ABOVE TIMBER LINE.

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

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BY US.

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

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BUT TREES PUMP WATER
BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

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SO WHEN WE CUT DOWN THE TREES,

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WE TURN OFF THE TAPS
THAT WATER THE GLACIERS.

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IN THE LAST 70 YEARS,

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KILIMANJARO HAS LOST
ONE THIRD OF ITS FOREST.

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

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THIS SELFISHNESS OF TAKING,
TAKING, TAKING.

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Narrator:
IN THIS SATELLITE IMAGE,

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RED DOTS HIGHLIGHT
INDIVIDUAL FIRES.

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THEY MAKE A BLANKET OF SMOKE
THE BREADTH OF AFRICA.

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Luca: IT’S JUST MAN
DESTROYING PRISTINE FOREST

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TO MAKE SPACE FOR CULTIVATION.

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YOU CANNOT HELP BUT BE SADDENED

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BY THE SIGHT
OF THESE HUGE FIRES.

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

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THE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAL.

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Narrator: KILIMANJARO
HAS FOUND ITS HEALER.

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[PEOPLE SINGING]

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A MAN OF FAITH
AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE.

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HIS NAME IS
BISHOP FREDRICK SHOO.

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BUT THEY CALL HIM
THE TREE BISHOP.

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[SINGING]

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[PEOPLE ULULATING]

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

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I FEEL HAPPY.

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I REALLY FEEL LIKE
I’M CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING

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TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE.

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[PEOPLE SINGING]

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[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

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

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AND THESE MANY HANDS
CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS.

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

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IT’S ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR CHILDREN.

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

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THEY’VE PLANTED
THREE MILLION TREES.

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[SINGING]

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Fredrick: WE HAVE SEEN
SOME STREAMS COMING BACK.

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IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

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IT IS AN ONGOING PROJECT.

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Simon: I DO BELIEVE
THERE’S A FUTURE.

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I CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN.

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I’VE CLIMBED
THE HIGHEST PEAK OF AFRICA.

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"KILIMA KA NJARO."
A MOUNTAIN OF OURS.

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A MOUNTAIN OF GREATNESS.

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THE MOUNTAIN OF EVERYTHING.

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OF THE WATERS, THE FOREST,
AND EVERYTHING.

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

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SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO THRIVE.

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Nicole: OVER TIME WE TAKE
THOSE LESSONS INTO ACCOUNT,

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

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OR HOW WE’LL GENERATE OUR POWER
AND OUR ENERGY

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TO LIVE HERE ON EARTH.

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♪

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Narrator: IN 2014,
ASTRONAUTS PHOTOGRAPHED

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THESE MYSTERY FLASHES
IN THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS.

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Kjell: THESE THINGS
CATCH YOUR EYE,

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

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

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Narrator: THIS IS AN ENERGY
SOURCE FOR THE FUTURE.

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AND IT COMES FROM OUTER SPACE.

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♪

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1.2 BILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH
HAVE NO ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.

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

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Don: LIGHTING AT NIGHTTIME
IS A SIGNATURE TO THE EXPANSION

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OF HUMAN BEINGS
ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH.

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BEFORE LIGHTING,

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YOU COULD BARELY READ A BOOK
AT NIGHTTIME BY CANDLELIGHT.

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IT EFFECTIVELY EXTENDS
OUR LIFETIME.

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Narrator: THERE’S ONE CITY

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THAT WILL TAKE ALL THE LIGHT
IT CAN GET.

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[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

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00:20:32,031 --> 00:20:36,269
Don: I LIKE TO REFER
TO LAS VEGAS, TONGUE IN CHEEK,

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AS THE BEACON OF HUMANITY.

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00:20:38,671 --> 00:20:41,807
AND I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S
THE BRIGHTEST CITY ON EARTH,

342
00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:47,347
BUT IT IS REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT.

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Narrator: THEY BUILT THIS CITY
ON ELECTRIC POWER.

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THE VEGAS STRIP IS LEGENDARY

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00:20:54,887 --> 00:21:01,727
FOR ITS CASINOS, HOTELS, AND
NO-HOLDS-BARRED ENTERTAINMENT.

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00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:04,330
THE SPACE BEAM
FROM THE LUXOR HOTEL

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00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:08,534
HAS 42 BILLION CANDLE POWER.

348
00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:10,469
AN UNMISSABLE SIGNAL...

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00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:14,374
FROM THE HEART
OF THE MOJAVE DESERT.

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Don: LAS VEGAS IS
SO STRIKING FROM SPACE

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BECAUSE IT’S SURROUNDED
BY DARKNESS.

352
00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:22,281
BUT IN THE WILD AMERICAN WEST,

353
00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:27,186
THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF PLACES
FOR DARKNESS TO HIDE OUT.

354
00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:31,423
Narrator: THE LIGHTS OF VEGAS
WERE SWITCHED ON

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00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,626
BY A WONDER OF ENGINEERING.

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♪

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THE HOOVER DAM CREATED LAKE MEAD

358
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:52,378
AND A VAST NEW SOURCE
OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER.

359
00:21:52,411 --> 00:21:57,149
IN THE EIGHTIES,
SIN CITY BOOMED.

360
00:21:57,183 --> 00:22:04,357
SATELLITES WATCHED IT GROW
BY 15% A YEAR.

361
00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:07,894
BUT THE POPULATION
WAS DRAINING THE LAKE.

362
00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:14,000
TODAY THERE ARE RINGS
AROUND THE BATHTUB...

363
00:22:14,033 --> 00:22:18,838
AND THE DAM ALONE
CAN’T PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER.

364
00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:22,274
Nicole: WE NEED NEW WAYS
OF LOOKING AT HOW WE LIVE HERE,

365
00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:24,443
HOW WE NEED TO LIVE HERE,

366
00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:28,814
AND HOW WE’RE GENERATING
POWER ON EARTH.

367
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,553
Narrator: NEVADA IS BLAZING
A NEW TRAIL

368
00:22:34,587 --> 00:22:38,491
IN ITS QUEST FOR ELECTRICITY.

369
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:41,761
IN THESE VAST EMPTY SPACES,

370
00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:45,164
THE ENERGY THEY NEED CAN GROW...

371
00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,934
AND GROW.

372
00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:59,078
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST BASE
ON MARS.

373
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WELCOME TO NEVADA SOLAR ONE--

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00:23:03,549 --> 00:23:09,388
HALF A SQUARE MILE
OF PRISTINE POWER.

375
00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:10,889
Tim Kendziorski:
THERE’S A FREE ENERGY SOURCE

376
00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:14,493
THAT’S POURING DOWN ON US
EVERY SINGLE DAY,

377
00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:18,463
AND ONCE WE’VE COLLECTED IT,
WE CAN PUT IT ON THE GRID.

378
00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:21,266
Narrator: TIM KENDZIORSKI
IS A TRANSMISSIONS EXPERT

379
00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:24,604
IN THE NEVADA POWER INDUSTRY.

380
00:23:24,637 --> 00:23:27,340
Tim: IT’S HARD FOR PEOPLE
TO LIVE HERE IN THE DESERT

381
00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:31,610
BECAUSE THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT
IS NOT HOSPITABLE

382
00:23:31,644 --> 00:23:36,282
TO OUR KIND OF LIFE.

383
00:23:36,315 --> 00:23:39,652
SO TO MAKE IT HABITABLE,
WE HAVE TO GET OUR POWER,

384
00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:42,721
OUR ELECTRICITY,
TO WHERE WE’RE AT.

385
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:47,293
Narrator: FOCUSED BY MIRRORS,
SUNLIGHT TURNS WATER TO STEAM

386
00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:51,997
TO DRIVE SOLAR ONE’S TURBINES.

387
00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:55,133
Tim: IT IS USING OUR HEADS
TO PROVIDE POWER

388
00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:56,969
TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES

389
00:23:57,002 --> 00:24:01,139
WITHOUT HAVING TO BURN
A SINGLE DROP OF FOSSIL FUEL.

390
00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:03,976
Narrator: THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT
IT WOULD TAKE EIGHT SOLAR ONES

391
00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:07,980
TO MATCH A COAL-FIRED STATION.

392
00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:13,452
BUT THE MOJAVE DESERT HAS PLENTY
OF SUN AND PLENTY OF ROOM.

393
00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:18,390
ITS SOLAR POWER PLANTS
ARE VISIBLE FROM SPACE.

394
00:24:18,424 --> 00:24:21,193
Nicole: YOU PULL THAT CAMERA OUT
AND YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

395
00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:23,095
AND YOU SEE THAT, WOW,
DOWN THERE ON EARTH

396
00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:25,197
WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD

397
00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:28,467
TO SHIFT THE WAY WE’RE
GENERATING OUR ELECTRICITY

398
00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:32,504
SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO SURVIVE HERE.

399
00:24:32,538 --> 00:24:35,341
Narrator: SOLAR RESERVE
AT CRESCENT DUNES

400
00:24:35,374 --> 00:24:38,777
HAS A DIFFERENT DESIGN.

401
00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:42,915
THE MIRRORS REFLECT LIGHT
TO A CENTRAL TOWER.

402
00:24:45,284 --> 00:24:49,388
THE PEOPLE OF THE MOJAVE
ARE WORSHIPPING THE SUN.

403
00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:57,129
SOLAR POWER IS LIGHTING
THE WORLD...

404
00:24:57,162 --> 00:25:00,499
FROM SPAIN...

405
00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:03,268
TO MOROCCO...

406
00:25:03,302 --> 00:25:04,904
TO SOUTH AFRICA.

407
00:25:10,075 --> 00:25:12,911
FOR TIM KENDZIORSKI,
PLANTS LIKE THESE

408
00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:16,248
ARE THE HOOVER DAMS
OF THE 21st CENTURY.

409
00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:17,816
Tim: IT’S HUMBLING.

410
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,920
IT’S AS IF I’M STANDING
ON THE BACKS OF GIANTS.

411
00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:28,427
♪

412
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:31,964
Narrator: THE SPACE BEAM
STILL BURNS BRIGHTLY.

413
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,571
AND TIM HAS COME TO SEE
A SPECIAL VEGAS APPEARANCE.

414
00:25:39,605 --> 00:25:42,441
HE’S ALSO AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMER.

415
00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:50,782
♪

416
00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:53,185
Tim: DO YOU SEE THAT?

417
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,454
Narrator: IT’S THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION

418
00:25:55,487 --> 00:25:58,857
MOVING AT FIVE MILES A SECOND.

419
00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:01,093
Tim: I SEE YOU!

420
00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:04,697
Narrator: THE WORLD TURNS,

421
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:08,534
AND THE SPACE STATION’S
SOLAR PANELS CATCH THE SUN.

422
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,702
Nicole: THEY’RE VERY BEAUTIFUL.

423
00:26:10,736 --> 00:26:12,538
AND WE DO THAT SAME THING,

424
00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:15,374
GENERATING POWER
FOR OURSELVES ON EARTH.

425
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:19,278
♪

426
00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:21,480
Narrator: DAYLIGHT REVEALS
NEW MYSTERIES

427
00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:24,483
FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO SOLVE.

428
00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:30,989
Nicole:
THERE’S A VERY HUMAN THING

429
00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:32,958
TO LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
AT EARTH,

430
00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:38,263
AND I THINK THAT’S
WHY WE PUT HUMANS IN SPACE.

431
00:26:38,297 --> 00:26:39,865
Narrator: IN DAYLIGHT,

432
00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:43,935
ASTRONAUTS SEE MYSTERIOUS SHAPES
ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH.

433
00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:47,473
Tim: YOU START TO FOCUS IN
ON THE DETAILS.

434
00:26:47,506 --> 00:26:49,174
SOMETIMES YOU WOULD BE STRUCK

435
00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:54,780
BY THINGS THAT YOU HADN’T
APPRECIATED WERE EVEN THERE.

436
00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:56,348
Narrator:
ON THE COAST OF MEXICO,

437
00:26:56,381 --> 00:27:00,518
STRANGE BLUE RECTANGLES
COME AND GO.

438
00:27:00,586 --> 00:27:02,354
THEY’RE MAN-MADE FARMS...

439
00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:05,223
TO MEET THE DEMAND
FOR SUPERMARKET SHRIMP.

440
00:27:05,257 --> 00:27:10,896
♪

441
00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:12,431
IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE,

442
00:27:12,531 --> 00:27:16,335
A VAST AUSTRALIAN
IRRIGATION PROJECT.

443
00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:19,504
COTTON FIELDS BLOOM
IN THE WILDERNESS.

444
00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,542
Luca:
THERE IS THE INGENUITY OF MAN

445
00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:28,246
THAT’S WORKING TO MAKE ORDER
OUT OF DISORDER.

446
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,451
Narrator: THE ARABIAN DESERT
HAS A STRIKING MYSTERY.

447
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:36,088
ALIEN SHAPES,
MARCHING ACROSS THE SANDS.

448
00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:39,424
Luca: THEY LOOK LIKE PIXELS,
FROM A VIDEO GAME,

449
00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:42,094
YOU KNOW, SPACE INVADERS.

450
00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:43,695
Nicole: EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET
PICTURES OF THEM

451
00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:46,398
BECAUSE IT’S LIKE
A PIECE OF ART.

452
00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:50,402
THESE CIRCLES OF COLOR
SEEM TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

453
00:27:50,435 --> 00:28:02,580
♪

454
00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:07,085
Narrator: THIS IS JORDAN, ONE OF
THE DRIEST COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

455
00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:19,464
WADI RUM IS A DESERT OUTPOST
OF SANDSTONE AND GRANITE.

456
00:28:19,498 --> 00:28:25,604
15 YEARS AGO, SIJAL MAJALI CAME
HERE TO ATTEMPT THE IMPOSSIBLE.

457
00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:29,475
Sijal Majali:
IT’S CALLED DESERT.

458
00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:32,511
I MEAN, LOOK AROUND YOU,
IT’S ALL DRY.

459
00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:35,680
DRY SAND.

460
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:41,853
IT RAINS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

461
00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:46,458
♪

462
00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:49,494
Narrator:
SIJAL MANAGES RUM FARM.

463
00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:57,269
A MASTERPIECE OF GEOMETRY FOR
EFFICIENT USE OF PRECIOUS WATER.

464
00:28:57,302 --> 00:29:02,340
♪

465
00:29:02,374 --> 00:29:04,409
Sijal: IT’S REALLY HARD LAND
TO CULTIVATE.

466
00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:06,078
LOTS OF EVAPORATION.

467
00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:10,949
SO WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE BEST
TECHNIQUES FOR IRRIGATING.

468
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:19,258
Narrator: SIJAL HAS LIQUID GOLD
IN THE CELLAR.

469
00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:22,227
BENEATH THE DESERT,
THERE’S AN AQUIFER--

470
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:27,432
60 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER
IN NATURAL STORAGE.

471
00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:29,435
PIVOTING AT CENTRAL WELLS,

472
00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:33,472
THE IRRIGATION ARMS
SWEEP OUT PERFECT CIRCLES.

473
00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:35,607
IF THERE’S A SLICE
OF ROCKY GROUND,

474
00:29:35,641 --> 00:29:37,676
THEY JUST AVOID IT.

475
00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,911
Don: SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
A CIRCULAR PATTERN,

476
00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:42,314
AND IT’S ONLY THREE QUARTERS
OF THE CIRCLE,

477
00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:46,117
SO THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE PAC-MAN
HAS INVADED EARTH.

478
00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:49,287
AND THERE’LL BE ANOTHER CIRCULAR
PATTERN RIGHT NEXT TO IT,

479
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:53,759
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE EATING
EACH OTHER IN THE CLASSIC GAME.

480
00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:56,895
IT JUST REMINDS ME THAT
HUMAN BEINGS ARE DOWN THERE,

481
00:29:56,928 --> 00:29:59,197
AND THEY’RE RAISING FOOD.

482
00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:06,504
Narrator: SIJAL GROWS POTATOES,
ONIONS AND OTHER STAPLE CROPS.

483
00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:09,908
BUT THESE ARE THE GREEN SHOOTS
OF EARLY SPRING.

484
00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:13,411
SIJAL HAS ANXIOUS WEEKS AHEAD.

485
00:30:13,445 --> 00:30:18,083
Sijal: IN AGRICULTURE,
GOD IS YOUR PARTNER.

486
00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:21,286
WE MIGHT GET FROST
IN THE COMING 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

487
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:27,626
IF WE GET FROST, WE REALLY LOSE
A LOT OF OUR PRODUCTION.

488
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:31,263
Narrator: FROM YEAR TO YEAR,
THE SATELLITES LOOK ON

489
00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:36,802
AS SIJAL’S FORTUNES
WAX AND WANE.

490
00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:38,970
IN A GOOD YEAR, THIS ONE FARM

491
00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:42,307
FEEDS A FIFTH
OF JORDAN’S PEOPLE.

492
00:30:42,341 --> 00:30:43,742
Sijal: IT MAKES ME PROUD

493
00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:46,077
THAT JORDANIANS
ARE EATING OUR POTATOES.

494
00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:47,879
AND WE’RE KEEPING
EVEN THE PRICES DOWN

495
00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:50,716
BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT
IMPORTING POTATOES,

496
00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:52,718
WHICH IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.

497
00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:57,189
AND THE QUALITY
IS MUCH BETTER OVER HERE.

498
00:30:57,222 --> 00:31:00,025
Narrator: THE AQUIFER
PROVIDES VITAL DRINKING WATER

499
00:31:00,125 --> 00:31:02,961
FOR JORDAN AND SAUDI ARABIA.

500
00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:07,131
AGRICULTURE IN BOTH COUNTRIES
DEPENDS ON IT.

501
00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:09,768
BUT IT’S NOT RENEWABLE.

502
00:31:09,835 --> 00:31:16,041
ONE ESTIMATE SAYS THE AQUIFER
HAS ONLY 50 YEARS LEFT.

503
00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:20,679
Sijal: I HOPE THIS PROJECT
STAYS THE WAY IT IS,

504
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:24,082
BECAUSE IT’S FEEDING
TOO MANY MOUTHS AT THE MOMENT,

505
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:28,887
AND MANY PEOPLE DEPEND
ON OUR PRODUCE.

506
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,223
Narrator: THIS IS AGRICULTURE
AT ITS MOST EXTREME.

507
00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:37,295
SIJAL IS GROWING VEGETABLES
IN A MOONSCAPE.

508
00:31:37,329 --> 00:31:39,598
Don: YOU CANNOT DENY
THAT THIS IS THE EXPANSION

509
00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,266
OF HUMAN BEINGS.

510
00:31:41,299 --> 00:31:46,437
THAT’S HUMAN BEINGS MAKING FOOD
SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE.

511
00:31:50,776 --> 00:31:52,711
Sijal: THE FACT THAT ASTRONAUTS

512
00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:59,184
CAN SEE THIS PARTICULAR FARM
FROM SPACE IS REALLY AMAZING.

513
00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:00,719
I WISH I WERE
A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER,

514
00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:04,156
I WOULD HAVE GONE UP TO SPACE
AND TOOK A VIEW.

515
00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:09,862
Luca: WE ARE USED TO THINK
OF DESERTS AS EMPTY PLACES

516
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,597
OR DEAD PLACES.

517
00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:18,002
WHEN HUMANS GET THEIR WAY, THEY
CAN BECOME COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

518
00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:21,072
DESERTS ARE LIVING.

519
00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:23,375
Narrator: IF WE CAN MAKE
A LIVING DESERT,

520
00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:26,478
WE CAN MAKE A LIVING ANYWHERE.

521
00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:27,946
Nicole:
LOOKING AT EARTH FROM SPACE

522
00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:30,048
GIVES US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE

523
00:32:30,182 --> 00:32:36,889
THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS
WE ADAPT AND WE FIND OUR HOME.

524
00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:38,991
Narrator: WE’RE MOVING
INTO THE BARREN REACHES

525
00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:41,293
OF EVERY LAND MASS ON EARTH.

526
00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:47,232
BUT ASTRONAUTS SEE DANGER,
AND IT COMES FROM THE OCEAN.

527
00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:54,406
ASTRONAUTS ARE LOOKING ON

528
00:32:54,439 --> 00:32:58,376
AS HUMANITY EXPANDS
ACROSS THE GLOBE.

529
00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:03,582
BUT 40% OF US STILL LIVE
WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE OCEAN.

530
00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,151
Tim: AS A HUMAN SPECIES
WE’VE EMERGED FROM THE WATER,

531
00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:07,585
WHICH IS A SOURCE OF FOOD

532
00:33:07,619 --> 00:33:09,654
AND A SOURCE OF COMMERCE
AND TRAVEL.

533
00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:13,825
SO WHEREVER THERE’S A COASTLINE,
YOU WILL FIND HABITATION.

534
00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:18,464
♪

535
00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:23,102
Narrator: SATELLITES SEE BOOMING
POPULATION ON EVERY SHORE.

536
00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:27,238
PEARL CITY, KUWAIT,
IS AN EARTHLY WORK OF ART.

537
00:33:29,574 --> 00:33:34,712
SOUTH KOREA’S SONGDO WAS BUILT
FROM SCRATCH IN JUST TEN YEARS.

538
00:33:38,984 --> 00:33:42,754
AND THERE’S ONE COASTLINE
EVEN ASTRONAUTS CAN’T RESIST.

539
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:48,693
♪

540
00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:50,628
Nicole:
WELL, I GREW UP IN FLORIDA,

541
00:33:50,729 --> 00:33:53,031
SO I WANTED TO SEE FLORIDA
FROM SPACE.

542
00:33:53,131 --> 00:33:57,869
AND IT HAS
A VERY UNIQUE SHAPE TO IT.

543
00:33:57,969 --> 00:34:02,874
IT JUST STANDS RIGHT OUT.

544
00:34:02,908 --> 00:34:07,646
YOU CAN SEE THESE JUST
TRANSLUCENT BLUES AND TURQUOISES

545
00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:12,751
OF THE WATER
AROUND THE WHOLE STATE.

546
00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:14,452
Narrator:
IN THE LAST 50 YEARS,

547
00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:17,889
THE POPULATION OF FLORIDA
HAS DOUBLED...

548
00:34:17,923 --> 00:34:19,825
TWICE.

549
00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:23,962
AND THREE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE
LIVE NEAR THE BEACH.

550
00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:25,797
Nicole: YOU WANT TO GO THERE.

551
00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:29,200
I MEAN, IT JUST INVITES YOU
TO BE THERE.

552
00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:33,539
LIVING ON THE BEACH,
IT’S LIKE A DREAM.

553
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:40,279
Narrator: THIS IS MATANZAS,
ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.

554
00:34:40,312 --> 00:34:45,784
IN 1990, JONI AND JERRY GALASSO
CAME DOWN FROM NEW YORK

555
00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:49,321
TO START A NEW RESTAURANT
AND A NEW LIFE.

556
00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:53,825
Joni: THERE WERE
BARELY ANY HOUSES.

557
00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:56,728
THERE WERE A FEW OLD
BEACH HOUSES ON THE OCEANFRONT,

558
00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:59,297
AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

559
00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:01,633
Jerry: THE FIRST FEW YEARS THERE
WE COULDN’T AFFORD A HOUSE,

560
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:06,938
AND WE ACTUALLY RAISED OUR
THREE KIDS IN THE RESTAURANT.

561
00:35:06,972 --> 00:35:08,841
♪

562
00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:12,510
Narrator: AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TOOK OFF, SO DID THE BUSINESS.

563
00:35:12,544 --> 00:35:14,746
Joni: THE AREA HAS JUST BOOMED.

564
00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:19,117
IT’S JUST BEEN
A HUGE GROWTH SPURT.

565
00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:23,388
MY STAFF KNEW NEARLY
EVERY CUSTOMER BY NAME.

566
00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:28,594
AS SOMEBODY WOULD WALK IN,
THE CHORUS WOULD START IN--

567
00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:31,263
"HELLO, GEORGE,"
OR "HELLO, DAVE!"

568
00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:35,033
SO IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE THAT.

569
00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:37,535
Narrator:
LIFE ON THE BEACH WAS GOOD.

570
00:35:45,043 --> 00:35:51,383
BUT IN FLORIDA, THE OCEAN
CAN TAKE IT ALL AWAY.

571
00:35:51,416 --> 00:35:56,988
Joni: THIS TIME, THE BULL’S-EYE
WAS ON THE ROOF, I GUESS.

572
00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:59,358
Narrator: IN OCTOBER 2016,

573
00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:06,064
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CAMERAS WATCHED EVENTS UNFOLD.

574
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,400
Nicole: YOU SEE
THIS BIG WHITE STRUCTURE

575
00:36:08,433 --> 00:36:10,302
THAT ALMOST LOOKS
LIKE ITS OWN SHIP

576
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:13,305
MOVING, YOU KNOW,
MOVING ACROSS THE PLANET.

577
00:36:16,675 --> 00:36:21,580
FROM SPACE IT LOOKS...
LIKE BILLOWY AND WHITE.

578
00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:24,049
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

579
00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:26,785
IT ALMOST LOOKS PEACEFUL.

580
00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:28,153
Announcer: WE BEGIN
WITH BREAKING NEWS.

581
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,255
HURRICANE MATTHEW
BEARING DOWN ON FLORIDA

582
00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:35,660
AND SENDING RIPPLES OF FEAR
ALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST...

583
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,497
Rick Scott:
EVACUATE, EVACUATE, EVACUATE.

584
00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:43,502
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

585
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,671
Luca: IT’S ALMOST EERIE, BECAUSE
YOU DON’T HEAR ANY NOISE.

586
00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:51,210
BECAUSE YOU’RE FAR AWAY,
AND YOU’RE ISOLATED.

587
00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:52,443
[WIND ROARING]

588
00:36:56,181 --> 00:36:57,516
[CLICK]

589
00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:01,319
[WIND ROARING]

590
00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,528
[SURF POUNDING]

591
00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:13,331
Narrator: THE HURRICANE DROVE
A WALL OF WATER OVER THE COAST.

592
00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:18,637
Luca: IT’S SO QUIET
FROM UP THERE,

593
00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:21,206
IT ALMOST SEEMS MORE OMINOUS.

594
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:25,510
[WATER RUSHING]

595
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,081
Narrator:
THE DAY AFTER THE HURRICANE,

596
00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:33,751
JERRY AND JONI CAME BACK
TO MATANZAS.

597
00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:39,323
Jerry: WE HAD THIS WATER SURGE
WITH A FIVE-FOOT WAVE

598
00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:41,860
BLOWING OUT THE WHOLE NORTH SIDE
OF OUR BUILDING.

599
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:46,031
WE DROVE A MILE SOUTH,
AND WE SAW HALF THE DECK

600
00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:49,467
DOWN THE ROAD
ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE.

601
00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:52,137
Narrator: THE WATER THREW
A WALK-IN REFRIGERATOR

602
00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:55,040
ACROSS THE PARKING LOT.

603
00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:58,310
EVERYTHING IN THE RESTAURANT
WAS DESTROYED.

604
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:02,914
Joni: CHAIRS AND TABLES
THAT WERE IN THE DINING ROOM

605
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:06,617
THAT JUST GOT...WHOOSH...
WASHED THROUGH.

606
00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:16,027
IT’S SHOCKING WHEN IT’S BEEN
SUCH A VIBRANT PLACE

607
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:17,361
FOR SO LONG.

608
00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:20,798
TO COME IN HERE AND SAY,
YOUR WHOLE LIFE’S WORK,

609
00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:23,468
OH, MY GOD, IT’S ALL--
IT’S GONE.

610
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:29,707
Narrator: HURRICANES ARE POWERED
BY HEAT FROM THE OCEAN.

611
00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:32,210
SO THERE ARE FEARS
THAT GLOBAL WARMING

612
00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:36,380
MAY CAUSE HURRICANES
TO GET WORSE.

613
00:38:36,414 --> 00:38:39,350
BUT SCIENTISTS CAN’T PROVE
THERE’S A LINK,

614
00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:41,253
BECAUSE THERE’S
NO CONSISTENT WAY

615
00:38:41,286 --> 00:38:44,723
TO MEASURE HURRICANE INTENSITY.

616
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:49,194
♪

617
00:38:49,294 --> 00:38:50,996
HERE ON THE FLORIDA COAST,

618
00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:55,100
SOMEONE IS RISING
TO THE CHALLENGE.

619
00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:56,801
GEORGE DILLER WORKS

620
00:38:56,835 --> 00:39:01,573
AT THE MOST CELEBRATED
BEACHFRONT PROPERTY ON EARTH.

621
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:04,943
THIS IS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
ON CAPE CANAVERAL,

622
00:39:04,976 --> 00:39:09,581
WHERE ASTRONAUTS SET SAIL
FROM PLANET EARTH.

623
00:39:09,614 --> 00:39:11,082
George Diller:
THE FIRING CHAIN IS ARMED.

624
00:39:11,115 --> 00:39:12,817
Narrator: IT’S GEORGE’S VOICE...

625
00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:14,619
George: WE ARE GO
FOR MAIN ENGINE START.

626
00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:16,053
Narrator: ...THAT SENDS THEM
ON THEIR WAY.

627
00:39:16,154 --> 00:39:20,592
George: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

628
00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:23,228
AND LIFTOFF OF
THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY!

629
00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:26,064
LIFTOFF OF
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS!

630
00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:28,499
THE FINAL LIFTOFF OF ATLANTIS!

631
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:30,301
ON THE SHOULDERS
OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE,

632
00:39:30,435 --> 00:39:32,904
AMERICA WILL CONTINUE THE DREAM.

633
00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:38,509
♪

634
00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:41,012
George: IT CERTAINLY BEATS
WORKING FOR A LIVING.

635
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:44,582
IT’S A LOT OF FUN.

636
00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:47,251
Narrator: NASA’S VAST
VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING

637
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:51,923
IS HEAVILY REINFORCED
AGAINST HURRICANE WINDS.

638
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:53,825
BUT THE REST OF THE SPACE CENTER

639
00:39:53,858 --> 00:39:58,062
IS LESS THAN TEN FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

640
00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:01,333
George: BUT WE DO HAVE SCENARIOS
WHERE THE SPACE CENTER,

641
00:40:01,366 --> 00:40:04,970
IF YOU LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW,
YOU WOULD JUST SEE WATER.

642
00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:06,671
SO THE ONLY THINGS
RISING ABOVE IT

643
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:09,507
WOULD BE THINGS LIKE
THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING

644
00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:13,077
AND THE TOPS OF THE LAUNCH PADS.

645
00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:14,446
Narrator:
THE ONLY WAY TO MEASURE

646
00:40:14,479 --> 00:40:16,114
THE STRENGTH OF A HURRICANE

647
00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:18,116
IS TO LOOK INSIDE.

648
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:19,984
Man on radio: RUDDER DOWN.

649
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:22,854
Narrator: SO JUST SIX WEEKS
AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW,

650
00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:25,757
NASA’S CYGNSS MISSION
IS A GAME CHANGER.

651
00:40:25,857 --> 00:40:28,326
George: T MINUS 12.

652
00:40:28,359 --> 00:40:29,527
T MINUS 10.

653
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,695
PEGASUS, GO FOR LAUNCH.

654
00:40:31,796 --> 00:40:33,898
Narrator: THE SATELLITE
IS LAUNCHED FROM MID-AIR

655
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:35,801
ON A PEGASUS ROCKET.

656
00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:36,901
George: AND DROP.

657
00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:38,536
PEGASUS IS AWAY.

658
00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:41,472
♪

659
00:40:41,506 --> 00:40:44,609
IGNITION OF THE PEGASUS ROCKET
WITH CYGNSS,

660
00:40:44,709 --> 00:40:46,511
HELPING HURRICANE FORECASTERS

661
00:40:46,611 --> 00:40:52,150
UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT
THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANES.

662
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,719
Narrator: CYGNSS IS
EIGHT SATELLITES IN ONE,

663
00:40:54,752 --> 00:40:58,456
THROWING A RING OF PROTECTION
AROUND THE EARTH.

664
00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,758
THEY MEASURE THE HEIGHT
OF OCEAN WAVES--

665
00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:06,331
THE CRUCIAL INDICATOR
OF HURRICANE WIND SPEED.

666
00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:08,700
AS GLOBAL WARMING CONTINUES,

667
00:41:08,733 --> 00:41:12,103
CYGNSS WILL WARN US
IF HURRICANES GET MORE POWERFUL

668
00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:14,372
AND MORE DANGEROUS.

669
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,475
Luca: ALL THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF DATA GIVES US AN IDEA

670
00:41:17,508 --> 00:41:22,380
OF HOW MUCH WE ARE AFFECTING
THE NATURE OF OUR PLANET.

671
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,551
♪

672
00:41:26,584 --> 00:41:28,186
George: THE MORE WE SEE,

673
00:41:28,286 --> 00:41:30,155
THE MORE WE WANT
TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT,

674
00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:35,794
BECAUSE WE’RE NOT SURE
ALL THE CHANGES ARE FOR GOOD.

675
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:38,530
SO LOOKING DOWN
ON THE EARTH FROM SPACE

676
00:41:38,563 --> 00:41:41,633
IS JUST AS IMPORTANT
AS BEING ABLE TO LOOK OUT.

677
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:45,503
♪

678
00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:47,972
Narrator: JERRY AND JONI GALASSO
HAVE RETIRED

679
00:41:48,006 --> 00:41:51,610
FROM THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.

680
00:41:51,709 --> 00:41:55,079
BUT LIKE THREE BILLION PEOPLE
WHO STILL LIVE ON THE COAST,

681
00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:58,083
THEY NOW HAVE SOMEONE
TO WATCH OVER THEM.

682
00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:01,186
Joni: YOU CAN’T LIVE IN FEAR.

683
00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:02,654
IF YOU’RE LIVING IN FEAR,

684
00:42:02,754 --> 00:42:05,323
YOU’RE ALWAYS LOOKING
OVER YOUR SHOULDER.

685
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,592
IT’S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE.

686
00:42:07,692 --> 00:42:12,697
♪

687
00:42:12,730 --> 00:42:16,100
Narrator: IN 1972,
ASTRONAUT HARRISON SCHMITT

688
00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:18,670
WENT TO THE MOON,

689
00:42:18,703 --> 00:42:22,473
BUT DISCOVERED THE EARTH.

690
00:42:22,507 --> 00:42:29,414
ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
OUR PROGRESS EVER SINCE.

691
00:42:29,447 --> 00:42:32,250
Schmitt: WE STILL HAVE
TO REALIZE THAT CIVILIZATION,

692
00:42:32,283 --> 00:42:35,253
IF YOU WANT CIVILIZATION,
REQUIRES RESOURCES,

693
00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:36,854
AND YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT

694
00:42:36,888 --> 00:42:40,291
WITH THE WELL-BEING
OF THE PLANET.

695
00:42:40,324 --> 00:42:43,093
I THINK ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE
IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH

696
00:42:43,127 --> 00:42:47,565
ARE GOING TO LEARN MORE AND MORE
ABOUT THE EARTH ITSELF

697
00:42:47,598 --> 00:42:52,036
AND THE RESOURCES
THAT WE MIGHT USE HERE.

698
00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:53,638
THE BETTER WE DO THAT,

699
00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:57,842
THE BETTER OFF
WE’RE GOING TO BE.

700
00:42:57,875 --> 00:43:02,546
Narrator:
THE HUMAN STORY CONTINUES.

701
00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:05,049
ASTRONAUTS SEE US
FINDING NEW SOURCES

702
00:43:05,083 --> 00:43:10,155
OF FOOD, POWER AND SHELTER.

703
00:43:10,188 --> 00:43:11,656
SHAPING OUR FUTURE...

704
00:43:11,756 --> 00:43:14,025
AND RESHAPING THE PLANET.

705
00:43:14,058 --> 00:43:19,230
THERE’S ONLY ONE BLUE MARBLE.

706
00:43:19,263 --> 00:43:21,132
Nicole: WE ARE THRIVING HERE.

707
00:43:21,165 --> 00:43:24,068
WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE CARE
OF THIS PLACE.

708
00:43:24,102 --> 00:43:29,240
♪

709
00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:31,008
HOME IS THE WORD.

710
00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:39,484
♪

711
00:43:39,517 --> 00:43:43,421
♪

712
00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:46,023
Houston: I JUST WANT TO SAY
GOODNIGHT AND SLEEP TIGHT.

713
00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:58,003
♪