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From high above, our planet is marked by vast and enigmatic circles, but how did they form? Are these circular scars a mere coincidence, or part of a much grander, unexplained pattern? Join us as we investigate the science behind these magnificent rings, decoding what they reveal about Earth’s turbulent past, lost civilisations, and the powerful events that have shaped our world.



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2:01 Eye of the Sahara
11:32 Vredefort Crater
16:28 Mount Taranaki
20:14 El Ojo
25:06 The Dinosaur Killer
30:56 The Great Blue Hole



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References
“The Eye of Sahara”, via nasa.gov https://bit.ly/eyeofSahara
“The ‘‘eye of Africa’’ (Richat dome, Mauritania): An isolated Cretaceous alkaline–hydrothermal complex”, via cloudfront.net https://bit.ly/Richatgeology
“Homo heidelbergensis”, via si.edu https://bit.ly/hheidelbergensis
“Green Sahara: African Humid Periods Paced by Earth’s Orbital Changes”, via nature.com https://bit.ly/greenSahara
“Atlantis”, via nationalgeographic.com https://bit.ly/Atlantislegend
“Vredefort Crater”, via nasa.gov https://bit.ly/Vredefortcrater
“Largest asteroid ever to hit Earth was twice as big as the rock that killed off the dinosaurs”, via livescience.com https://bit.ly/Vredefortimpact
“Taranaki Mounga History”, via taranakimounga.nz https://bit.ly/taranakihistory
“Mount Taranaki Fact Sheet”, via cri.nz https://bit.ly/Taranakifacts
“El Ojo: The mysterious floating island in Argentina’s swampland that looks like a perfectly round eye”, via livescience.com https://bit.ly/elojoargentina
“The Eye An expedition to an unexplored, enigmatic Island”, via kickstarter.com https://bit.ly/elojoexpedition
“The Formation of the Chicxulub Crater and an Avenue for Life”, via spacenews.com https://bit.ly/chicxulubcrater
“Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction”, via rutgers.edu https://bit.ly/chicxulubdiscovery
“Great Belize Blue Hole”, via belize.com https://bit.ly/largestseahole
“Last 2000 Year Climate Sediment Record from the Belize Central Shelf Lagoon”, via rice.edu https://bit.ly/Mayancollapse



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Credits
Narrator: James Stewart
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Writer: James Stewart
Video Editor: Celal Kaçar
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Edie Abrahams
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Channel Manager: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



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