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The Day The Earth Nearly Died
Release Date:Release date TBD
Running Time:49 min
Genres:Documentary
Director
Cast
Jack FortuneAdrian JonesVincent CourtillotGregory RetallackPeter WardPaul WignallMichael BentonMichael R. Rampino
Top billed cast (via TMDB).
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Synopsis
Some 250 million years ago, all but five per cent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster our planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery. Palaeontologists in Greenland explain the answers.
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