What on Earth?

2015

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5.8| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 10 February 2015 Returning Series
Producted By: Wag TV
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/what-on-earth/
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Satellites orbit Earth at 17,000 miles an hour, capturing images of our world that are breathtaking, but some are bizarre. This unique perspective reveals objects that seem to make no sense & phenomena that defy explanation. Such images force the question, what on Earth is that?

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Documentary

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Wordiezett So much average
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
donsmail-62848 The "what could it be" group drives me up the wall. Don't speculate! Show me what it is and explain it or say you don't know. I can handle it.
maxima-36494 The series started out OK but has since degenerated into Enquirer-level sensationalism. Most likely the show has run out of ideas and is now willing to present known and already-explained phenomena as unresolved mysteries. For example: satellite photos and video show an enormous 3,000-mile wide shadow moving across the planet! What on earth could it be?!? 1. Is it secret gov't technology deployed into space to cool a too-warm earth? We don't have the capability, according to our scientists?2. How about a huge insect swarm? The largest swarm ever documented covered about 75 square miles. This shadow is way bigger and moving at 2,000 miles per hour! Are insects that fast? Let's check with our scientists!3. OK, insects are out. So maybe the shadow was caused a huge alien ship like the one in Independence Day? And the gov't is covering it up? Let's ask our scientists if its possible to hide an alien spacecraft the size of Australia. Oh my, what else could it be? How are we going to figure this out? Should we consult NASA since they provided the satellite data? OK, let's ask 'em during the commercial break! ... OK, we're back and, OMG, NASA claims the shadow is caused by THE MOON? Are they sure? Eclipses are completely predictable?
Manannan_MacLir A fascinating show that presents satellite imagery of unusual looking objects and then posits questions as to what we are looking at. They give you the location that you can look up on Google maps, so you can be interactive with the show. Clever that the answer is not given right away, as it causes the viewer to actually wonder what it is that is being examined. Sometimes they can get a closer look, and determine what it is, but other times the area is simply inaccessible. I've ended up purchasing all the seasons on Amazon, and I watch the episodes repeatedly. I've always loved looking at maps, and since I find that I look up the locations on google maps and frequently then look up and read more about the locations, I find this show intelligent and thought provoking.To address some other comments; A scientist wearing an 'Aperture Labs' shirt means only that they may be a sci-fi fan or possibly shop at Thinkgeek. I have an Initech mug. Big deal. That's not a valid criticism. Also, I'm rating this as a 10 as I not only consider this to be among my favorite shows and that is my legit rating, but I need to offset giving a 1, as that reveals more about the lack of intelligence of the reviewer than the show itself. A 1 should be reserved for manufactured garbage like The Bachelor or Keeping up with the Kardashians.
Joseph Pelatohri Here's the formula for this show:1. Search high and low for any sort of satellite image that can possibly be presented in an anomalous context.2. Omit key information / observations / facts, while using the narrator to mislead the viewers / present said "anomaly" as something extraordinary (e.g. aliens, government secrets, the end of the world).3. Present several (typically idiotic / ludicrous) possibilities (to eat up time), and then proceed to discredit said idiotic / ludicrous possibilities (e.g. Narrator's Voice (hyperbole): "A satellite caught glimpse of a giant pink blob in the sky over the Pacific Ocean, which has experts baffled. Some have suggested it could be a giant herd of pigs. This would certainly explain the pink appearance, but upon further inspection, seems unlikely as pigs aren't known to fly. Further, the blob covers an area of 100,000 square miles. If it is a herd of flying pigs, it would consist of more pigs than are known to exist in the observable universe").4. Present all the (initially omitted) facts / details, revealing the anomaly's true, (underwhelming) identity (e.g. Narrator's Voice: "When orbiting the earth, a satellite witnesses a sunset and sunrise every 90 minutes. At the time the anomalous satellite image was taken, the sun just so happened to be setting behind the Earth, resulting in a spectacular sunset, which manifests itself as a (wait for it)… pink… blob…").There might be one legitimate / actually interesting case presented every couple of episodes. Aside from that, it's just a bunch of lazy / manufactured, (often) downright idiotic filler content… Then again, I suppose that's pretty much all television these days