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A Traveler's Guide to the Planets

Venus & Mercury (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's Hot Zone to visit the two planets both laying claim to the title of 'Real Hell'. While tiny Mercury blisters in the roasting glare of the Sun, cross over to the ...See moreA Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's Hot Zone to visit the two planets both laying claim to the title of 'Real Hell'. While tiny Mercury blisters in the roasting glare of the Sun, cross over to the dark side and you'll find the temperature plummets over a thousand degrees. Back away from the Sun to cool off and we encounter Venus, our nearest neighbor. Smothered by a climate gone mad, a romantic visit to our sister planet's tortured scenery means diving into an atmosphere hot enough to melt lead, where acid smog eats bare metal for breakfast and the pressure could crush a submarine. What happened to turn our planetary neighbors so astonishingly alien? What can a visit tell us about our own? Written by Richard Smith See less
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Director
Chris Thorburn
Writer
Chris Thorburn (writer)
Producers
Naomi Mitchell (producer) | Chris Thorburn (producer)
Composer
Pete Drummond (original music by)
Cinematographer
Chris Herd
Editor
Karin Steininger
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 15, 2010
Release date
Feb 15, 2010 (United States)

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