Animated maps that show how Earth's continents, oceans and mountains came to be, and where they are heading next.
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Pangaea: When All the Continents Were One
250 million years ago, you could walk from New York to Morocco without crossing an ocean. Here is how the supercontinent formed, broke apart, and may come back together.
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Series
Earth Through Time
One story per episode, each told with real plate reconstructions showing where the continents actually were.
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Pangaea
How every continent was once joined, and the clues that proved it.
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How the Himalayas Were Made
India's race north and the collision that built the roof of the world.
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How the Atlantic Was Born
From a narrow crack to an ocean that still grows every year.
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The Next Supercontinent
Four scientific ideas for what Earth may look like 250 million years from now.