Documentary on geology and the variety of animal species on Earth. As far as our knowledge allows us to affirm it, the Earth, our planet, is a unique case in the universe. Even in its most arid regions, we discover life. Around the Equator where heat and humidity, its vital elements, are particularly dense, there are large forests. Plants and animals proliferate there to such an extent that we cannot yet identify all the species. Here animals and plants, insects and birds, finally man, cohabit in intimate and complex communities, dependent on each other. Twothirds of this unique planet is covered by water, where life originated. From the oceans life has spread to the tops of the highest mountains. Plants and animals have adapted to different environments. They have evolved through the transformations of the earth itself. How do animals survive in the northern boreal forests? How was the earth created? How do mountains and volcanoes form? This documentary will show you how volcanoes erupt.

00:00 The Earth, a unique case in the universe
01:49 500 species in the Himalayas
07:42 These mountains about 65 million years old
09:40 Iceland, fantastic fire fountain
13:49 On May 18, 1980, an eruption with a blast 500 times more powerful than that of the Hiroshima bomb
17:09 Anak Krakatoa
21:13 The world of ice cream
29:18 Macaroni Penguin or Macaroni Penguin
42:38 The taiga, one of the main terrestrial biomes
56:41 Redwoods
58:04 The conquest of the air
01:06:35 The vultures of Africa
01:18:56 Small streams have their own population
01:44:33 Turtles
01:48:22 The islands