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The Best Episodes of What on Earth? Season 1

Every episode of What on Earth? Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of What on Earth? Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    What on Earth? Season 1 Episode 6 - Nazi Ice Fortress
    6.4/10(34 votes)

    S1:E6

    Images of earth from space reveal an intimate portrait of human activity. Cities glow bright while the wilderness remains dark. Why then is the Australian outback, lit up like a series of vast cities?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. What on Earth? Season 1 Episode 5 - North Korea is Burning
    6.2/10(24 votes)

    S1:E5

    A possible smoke screen over North Korea worries military analysts while an amateur archaeologist makes an extraordinary discovery with the help of a satellite image; has this image revealed not one but two forgotten pyramids in Egypt?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. What on Earth? Season 1 Episode 2 - Lost City of Gold
    6.1/10(36 votes)

    S1:E2

    Weird barren rings in the Namib Desert, an island the size of Manhattan that vanishes without trace and a lost city in the heart of the Amazonian jungle. What on Earth? Investigates six more mysteries captured from space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. What on Earth? Season 1 Episode 1 - Lake of Blood
    6.0/10(46 votes)

    S1:E1

    A massive tsunami hundreds of feet high that never touches land; a secret underground base in China; an image from space may have revealed the location of the Garden of Eden.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. What on Earth? Season 1 Episode 3 - Secrets of the Sahara
    5.9/10(34 votes)

    S1:E3

    First seen from space in 1965, the Eye of the Sahara is a beautiful 25 mile structure, but how it formed remains a mystery. And are extraordinary clouds emanating from an island in the Indian Ocean evidence of a terrifying new weather weapon?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. What on Earth? Season 1 Episode 4 - Finding Sodom
    5.7/10(27 votes)

    S1:E4

    NASA astronaut Mike Barratt, describes photographing a strange ring in the ice on the world's oldest and most mysterious lake from the International Space Station. More rings on Lake Baikal have been seen since, they baffle scientists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Nazi Ice Fortress" is the best rated episode of What on Earth? season 1. It scored 6.4/10 from 34 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on March 17, 2015. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "North Korea is Burning".