Xploration Awesome Planet

Xploration Awesome Planet - FOX

FOX

Reality Series

2014

TVPG

Science

Educational

The grandson of legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau visits diamond and gold mines to see how gems and metals are formed, travels to active volcanoes to observe what happens inside the Earth’s burning core, and checks out weather stations in mountainous areas to get an idea of how weather phenomena form in the atmosphere.

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2014– Reality Series 12 Seasons106 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Friday, September 5

Earth in Motion

Season 2 • Episode 5

Mount Saint Helens; how mountains are formed and earthquakes caused; oceans and waterways.

Friday, September 5

Canadian Rockies

Season 2 • Episode 6

The Canadian Rockies: Lake Louise; a glacier; the woodland caribou; white-bark pine trees.

Friday, September 5

Earth's Views

Season 2 • Episode 7

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; satellites; flight in a DC-3 aircraft; an observatory.

Friday, September 5

Alaska

Season 2 • Episode 8

Alaska: a brown bear hunting for salmon; Denali National Park; scuba diving in frigid waters.

Saturday, September 6 New

Season 12 • Episode 3

Storm-chasers, researchers, and inventors develop ways to meet the challenges of a warming planet.

Friday, September 12

Strange Planet

Season 2 • Episode 9

Petrified National Forest; Crater Lake; a giant forest of kelp; glowworms in New Zealand caves.

Friday, September 12

Time Machine

Season 2 • Episode 10

Grand Canyon; an ancient cave on the island of Curacao; Lake Michigan; ice ages.

Friday, September 12

Marine Restoration

Season 2 • Episode 11

Lionfish near the coral reefs off Curacao; oysters of the Chesapeake Bay; an oil spill's effects.

Friday, September 12

Tides

Season 2 • Episode 12

Delaware Bay salt marsh; Pamlico Sound; tide pools in Hawaii; the Bore tide in Alaska.

Saturday, September 13 New

Season 12 • Episode 4

Using technology to revive struggling species; bringing animals back from the brink of extinction.

Friday, September 19

New England

Season 2 • Episode 13

New Hampshire; why leaves turn colors in the fall; Acadia National Park; Napatree Point.

Friday, September 19

Rivers and Lakes

Season 2 • Episode 14

Canals of Chicago; Lake Seneca; gathering fish in Philadelphia; Quebec City.

Friday, September 19

Animal Engineering

Season 2 • Episode 15

Amazing feats of construction by animals; honeycombs; spider webs; beaver dams; bird nests.

Friday, September 19

Forest

Season 2 • Episode 17

Scientists measure the health of forests; invasive plants; using sonic-tomography.