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Xploration Awesome Planet

Science

Philippe Cousteau Jr. is no stranger to exploration. The grandson of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, Philippe hosts and serves as executive producer of this half-hour earth science series that examines the planet. He 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 Listings for Xploration Awesome Planet

Xploration Awesome Planet New

Visiting places that few people get a chance to see.

7:30 AM on FOX (WMSN) Madison, WI 47

Xploration Awesome Planet New

Visiting places that few people get a chance to see.

7:30 AM on FOX (WMSN) Madison, WI HD 1047

Xploration Awesome Planet Ecosystems

The Florida Everglades; Yellowstone's ecosystem; Earth as a giant ecosystem; the interdependency of all living things.

8:00 AM on Scripps News 175

Xploration Awesome Planet Extreme Weather

Mount Washington, N.H. -- "the home of the world's worst weather"; Florida's "Wall of Wind," where scientists simulate hurricane-force winds; a scientific research team pursues a tornado; destruction of debris thrown by tornadoes.

8:30 AM on Scripps News 175

Xploration Awesome Planet Rumbling Earth

An active volcano on Hawaii; a laboratory simulates a tsunami; tsunami history and damage; whether a tsunami will happen again on the West Coast.

7:00 AM on ION (WIFS) Janesville, WI 57

Xploration Awesome Planet Rumbling Earth

An active volcano on Hawaii; a laboratory simulates a tsunami; tsunami history and damage; whether a tsunami will happen again on the West Coast.

7:00 AM on ION - Central 195

Xploration Awesome Planet Extinction Earth

Yellowstone National Park, the site of a potential supervolcano; Meteor Crater, in Arizona; powerful telescopes on Maui search the universe for meteors that might be headed Earth's way.

7:30 AM on ION (WIFS) Janesville, WI 57

Xploration Awesome Planet Extinction Earth

Yellowstone National Park, the site of a potential supervolcano; Meteor Crater, in Arizona; powerful telescopes on Maui search the universe for meteors that might be headed Earth's way.

7:30 AM on ION - Central 195

Xploration Awesome Planet Ecosystems

The Florida Everglades; Yellowstone's ecosystem; Earth as a giant ecosystem; the interdependency of all living things.

8:00 AM on ION (WIFS) Janesville, WI 57

Xploration Awesome Planet Ecosystems

The Florida Everglades; Yellowstone's ecosystem; Earth as a giant ecosystem; the interdependency of all living things.

8:00 AM on ION - Central 195