What They Didn't Teach You in School About Earth | Our Solar System's Planets

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Credits
Writer: Jon McColgan
Editor: Nikolai Shishkin
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Producer: Alex McColgan/ Raquel Taylor

NASA/ESO/ESA

#Astrum #Astronomy #Space #Earth #oursolarsystem #planets

[corychristensen]

Alex is my best "go to sleep ASMR." After I let him sink in, I rewatch the next day to learn the lesson.

[CasuallyCold]

What also fascinates me about Earth is the variation of terrain. We got dry deserts, wet rainforests, deep blue oceans, high monstrous mountains, etc. It's like multiple other worlds into one! Every other rocky planet we know of doesn't have features like our own home. The vastness, overwhelming size of our universe tends to make us forget about the interesting & beautiful features of our own world.

[Profound.]

Wow such an interesting planet, hope mankind gets to visit it one day

[rsossjs]

Hey man. Someone has straight up ripped off one of your videos on Pluto.
They've basically just re-uploaded your video with an AI voice over reading the same script.
The channel is called Beyond The Cosmos.

[JackDespero]

As fascinating as the Universe is, Earth is not only home, but one of the most interesting rarities that we have found in the universe yet.

[jaromir_kovar]

Hello Alex,
you are absolutely right, this planet has so much wonder to offer. With the astronomy and space exploration it is amazing to learn about planets made of diamonds, or places where molten iron rains down, but after the initial surprise and novelty of such other worlds wears off, it is clear that the dynamics, diversity, natural processes and just beauty of this planet stands out.
You said it - "Will anything in universe ever be so beautiful and welcoming as this, our home planet?" I love this so much!
Also, I am really glad, that you've mentioned that plate tectonics is rare and unique and what it does for life. I haven't heard it often before. After watching Anton Petrov's video yesterday about the fact that plate tectonics may be the reason why the Fermi paradox is a thing, I'm happy to hear about its importance and uniqueness from another source.
Thank you so much for all you bring to this world, Alex. Amazing education but also reminder of beauty and gratefulness!

[Hanklerfishies]

i love earths water vapor clouds so much. beautiful from the ground, beautiful from space

[TheWeatherbuff]

I learned all this stuff in Meteorology school, and I need daily refresher lessons to remember it all. Same is true for many of my colleagues. Thank you, Alex! 😊

[SillyScores]

4:44 A sidereal day is roughly 23 hours and 56 minutes. That explains why my cats wake me up for food earlier every day.

[gerardwalker]

Imagine being an eternal conciousness roaming the cosmos for eternity alone. Seeing nothing (other concious life), knowing nothing, bored, lost, utterly alone. Every gakaxy, every star you Then one day in that eternity of loneliness, you discover Earth and think to yourself 'alas i have finally found heaven in a universe of hell'

[keithlutman]

Excellent, quite wondrous. You can see why some people believe in a designed Earth.

[jfletzp]

This video is very beautifully made and created, It reminds us how much beauty, how dynamic and important earth to us. But many people on earth don't appreciate earth that much, like Carl Sagan said "We succeeded in taking that picture, and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives"

[patricianunes]

Really enjoyed this video, but then I also enjoy all your videos.

[catsandjewels]

Thank you Alex, Earth is so beautiful we are so lucky ❤❤❤

[Mikee]

Earth is also the Milky Way Galaxy's nearest Earth-like planet.

[M-Orion-Nebula]

Earth is overrated. Come to Mars.

Sincerely, Vector
P.S. Please send help, I'm still stranded.

[bnthern]

thank you well presented - in my time in the navy and then travels over 20 years i have been amazed at the differences and similarities from north to south / east to west in geograpy and people - thank you!

[TrevorJC]

Very inspiring, I love our Planet Earth!

[BabyMakR]

I think Pumbaa said it best.

"home is where your rump rests"

Home is where you exist with (relative) safety and security as well as friends and possibly family.

[AlexSeesing]

Absolutely lovely done this whole series. I'm very grateful to you for doing this series. It definitely enriched my understanding of the world I'm living in. The world I'm part of. One side of mine hopes many years from now your channel is one the most accessible sources to understanding the universe but I also understand that we are just beginning to unfold the mysteries of this vast enigmatic universe. There will be so many new stories to tell and of course, you'll find me there. Just like a faint star in the night, one of your many fans.