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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Upcoming TV Airings

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

Friday, May 8

Rumbling Earth

Season 1 • Episode 1

An active volcano on Hawaii; a laboratory simulates a tsunami; tsunami history and damage.

Friday, May 8

Extinction Earth

Season 1 • Episode 2

A potential supervolcano; Meteor Crater; powerful telescopes on Maui search for meteors.

Friday, May 8

Ecosystems

Season 1 • Episode 3

The Florida Everglades; Yellowstone's ecosystem; Earth as a giant ecosystem.

Friday, May 8

Extreme Weather

Season 1 • Episode 4

Mount Washington, N.H.; Florida's "Wall of Wind"; pursuing a tornado; debris thrown by tornadoes.

Saturday, May 9

Environmental Engineers

Season 4 • Episode 16

Engineers use technology to replace more than 500 bridges; offering protection from hurricanes.

Friday, May 15

Plants

Season 1 • Episode 5

The Poconos of Pennsylvania; plants that eat insects; edible forest plants; how plants communicate.

Friday, May 15

Fire and Ice

Season 1 • Episode 6

Forest-fires; lightning strikes; Iceland; glaciers and the sea level.

Friday, May 15

Evolving Earth

Season 1 • Episode 7

Dinosaur bones and footprints; islands that evolved from volcanoes; an old coal mine; fossil fuels.

Friday, May 15

Ocean Exploration

Season 1 • Episode 8

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; coral reefs off the Florida coast; Maui's massive waves.

Saturday, May 16

Animal Coexistence

Season 4 • Episode 11

The world's deadliest jellyfish; the California condor; the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

Friday, May 22

Awesome Iceland

Season 1 • Episode 9

Iceland: waterfalls and geysers, a volcanic mountain that may erupt at any time, a large glacier.

Friday, May 22

Colors of the Earth

Season 1 • Episode 10

Red rock formations; red, black and green beaches; colorful hot springs; colorful animals.

Friday, May 22

Awesome Hawaii

Season 1 • Episode 11

Hawaiian Islands: traditional methods of catching fish, sea creatures, a limestone cave.

Friday, May 22

Croatia

Season 1 • Episode 12

Croatia's waterfalls and caves; Plitvice Lakes National Park; stalactites and stalagmites.

Saturday, May 23

Farmers

Season 4 • Episode 10

An oyster farmer pulls in a harvest; an aquaponics farm; farmer training program.