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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:21 – The Glowing Shoreline of Raa Atoll
0:48 – Hidden Secrets of the Yucatan Cenotes
1:17 – The Pink Waters of Lake Retba
1:44 – The Changing Puddles of Spotted Lake
2:11 – The Unsolved Mystery of Crooked Forest
2:35 – Massive Patterns of the Fairy Circles
3:04 – Floating on the Red Sea Brine Pools
3:34 – Spinning Ice Wheels of Presumpscot River
3:56 – Swirling Waves of the Asperitas Clouds
4:34 – Neon Sparks of the California Red Tides
4:59 – Psychedelic Colors of the Caño Cristales River
5:32 – Neon Nightmare of Dallol Hydrothermal Fields
6:00 – The Bleeding Ice of Antarctica's Blood Falls
6:33 – Razor Sharp Limestone Needles of Madagascar's Tsingy
7:04 – The Boiling Eruptions of Iceland's Geysir
7:30 – Life Inside the Frozen Dry Valleys
7:58 – The Vanishing Waters of Lost Lake
8:28 – Hidden Lagoons of the Lençóis Maranhenses Dunes
8:56 – Volcanic Sands and Sneaker Waves of Reynisfjara
9:30 – Narrow Corridors of the Antelope Canyon
9:58 – The Violent Temper of Mount Cotopaxi
10:38 – Internal Ecosystems of the Son Doong Cave
11:21 – The Terrifying Drop of Norway's Trolltunga
11:47 – Subglacial Volcanic Furnaces of Iceland's Vatnajökull
12:30 – Ancient Structures Inside the Cango Caves
13:11 – Remote Communities of the Grand Canyon
13:40 – Jagged Granite Spires of Torres del Paine
14:12 – The Dizzying Path of Horseshoe Bend
14:41 – The Rushing Water of Iceland's Seljalandsfoss
15:19 – Heat Loving Microbes of Grand Prismatic Spring
15:48 – Glowing Blue Tunnels of Mendenhall Glacier
16:24 – Eroding Limestone Stacks of the Twelve Apostles
16:54 – The Steep Cliffs of Norway's Preikestolen
17:25 – The Breaking Wave of Australia's Wave Rock
17:55 – The Glowing Rocks of Italy's Stromboli
18:20 – Massive Collapsing Walls of Perito Moreno Glacier
18:51 – The Burning Pit of Darvaza Crater
19:29 – Isolated Sandstone Stacks of Old Man of Hoy
20:00 – The White Mineral Terraces of Pamukkale
20:36 – The Largest Waterfall System at Iguazu Falls
21:26 – Acidic Blood Red Waters of Rio Tinto
21:58 – The Volcanic Caves of Marieta Islands
22:38 – Powerful Rainforest Drops of Kaieteur Falls
23:04 – Fragile Moss Carpets of Iceland's Lava Fields
23:34 – Giant Limestone Rooms of Carlsbad Caverns
24:03 – New Land Created by Hawaii's Kilauea
24:28 – Near Constant Storms of Catatumbo Lightning
25:04 – Persistent Lava Lakes of Mount Michael
25:48 – Boiling Alkaline Waters of Lake Bogoria
26:22 – Living in the Danger Zone of Tavurvur