Unit+1+(Geology)+-+video+clips

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#1.  The video from the 1.1 Geological Processes lesson.

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The next three videos  have to do with the atmosphere, erosion and glaciation. They're excerpts from the BBC series __Earth - The Biography__. The host is a Scottish geologist named Ian Stewart, and you may need to listen closely, since his accent can be a little hard to understand at first. But he makes some interesting points, and the images are amazing.

#2.  Going supersonic in the atmosphere in a jet, and footage from the highest jump ever taken on Earth - before Alex Baumgartner broke the record last year.

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#3 . Inside a Norwegian glacier, it's easy to see how the debris the glacier picks up is actually what wears down the earth's surface.

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#4. Sorry about some of the sound on this clip . The atmosphere actually acts as a liquid in some ways. It exerts pressure on us, and we can 'surf' it the way we do water. As well, the atmosphere picks up particles of sand and 'washes' them against hard surfaces, eroding them and sculpting them into fantastic forms. Looks like the inside of a big conch shell.

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