Looks at the career of geologist Eugene Shoemaker, and how searching the sky for a cosmic bullet, it led to his discovery, with his wife Carolyn, of the famous Shoemaker-Levy comet and the confirmation of asteroid impact craters on Earth.
E2 · Tigers of the Snow
1997
Ventures into coastal Siberia to track down the Siberian Tiger.
E3 · Volcano: Nature's Inferno
1997
A firsthand look at volcanoes throughout the world.
E4 · Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden
1997
The Sonoran Desert's spectacular landscape supports a community of plant and animal life including the Saguaro cactus, nectar bat, and Gila monster.
E5 · Spitting Mad: Wild Camel of the Andes
1997
Looks at the dangerous existence of the Andean guanaco.
E6 · Foxes of the Kalahari
1997
Africa's Kalahari Desert is one of the harshest places in the world. When the desert dries out after the rainy season the bat-eared fox must outsmart hungry jackals, cheetahs, and lions for its next meal.
