BBC Earth: The Power of the Planet AKA Earth: The Biography English Subtitles

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This is our planet, the Earth.

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It’s a remarkable, ever-changing world,
full of natural wonders.

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But there's more to Earth than this,
much more.

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Because our planet
is unique in the solar system,

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perhaps even in the universe.

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Four and a half billion years

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have made it a world of
extraordinary landscapes

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and a home to life.

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My name is Iain Stewart
and I want to show you

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The Wave has formed
over hundreds of thousands of years.

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It may seem a long time,

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but in geological terms,
that’s the blink of an eye.

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Which just goes to show
the raw power of the air.

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It’s constantly at work,
constantly shaping the land.

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And this happens all over the planet.

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The winds shape the Earth’s surface
on a massive scale.

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Where the winds blow relentlessly
from one direction,

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