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The Best Episodes of MegaStructures Season 8

Every episode of MegaStructures Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MegaStructures Season 8!

The Best Episodes of MegaStructures Season 8

MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United...

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  1. Background image for Super Rigs
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #1 - Super Rigs

    S8:E1

    As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as we rip apart the largest oil rigs on the planet to reveal the secrets of these amazing technological achievements… and discover if they can survive Mother Nature's most violent forces.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Super Copters
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    #2 - Super Copters

    S8:E2

    Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials strengthening the body - while keeping it lightweight. Using live action, re-creations, amazing archival footage and advanced CGI, we marvel at the creation of today's 'super copters' - extraordinary multi-purpose helicopters for the twenty-first century.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi
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    #3 - The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi

    S8:E3

    The Capital Gate building will create an iconic and avant-garde entrance to the city of Abu Dhabi. Leaning at a whopping 18 degrees westward, the tower will claim the Guinness Book of World Records title of Most Inclined Building on Earth. Discover how the engineers and architects overcome the force of gravity, and transform this vision into reality.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)

    S8:E4

    South Korea never constructed a submerged tunnel, but now tackles the challenge of building one of the deepest immersed highways on Earth. Designed for the fickle conditions of the Pacific, the giant tunnel must be both earthquake and typhoon proof.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)

    S8:E5

    "I love what I do. I get to tear stuff up." Every day around the world, thousands of planes, trains, and automobiles get cut down to size for recycling. A jumbo jet costing a hundred million dollars becomes parts the size of beer cans in a matter of hours. An 18-ton steel rail car is attacked by some of the world's most expensive knives. And a fleet of automobiles dies a torturous death -the equivalent of an agonizing tooth extraction and an elaborate embalming ... all to process them for shredding and recycling. Finally, shredded metal is reborn as shiny new Land Rovers.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Spaceport America
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Spaceport America

    S8:E6

    The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Heavy Metal Shredding
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    #7 - Heavy Metal Shredding

    S8:E7

    Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into new products. In this business, nothing goes to waste

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Ecoark
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    #8 - Ecoark

    S8:E8

    Plans to erect a spaceport in the middle of a desert.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
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    #9 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

    S8:E9

    To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Sinking a Destroyer
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    #10 - Sinking a Destroyer

    S8:E10

    How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air Forces as they mount a sink exercise on a massive 4,250 foot long destroyer, to test their firepower and skill.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Mega Breakdown: Train Overhaul
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    #11 - Mega Breakdown: Train Overhaul

    S8:E17

    Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into new products. In this business, nothing goes to waste

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Super Rigs
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    #12 - Super Rigs

    S8:E20

    As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as we rip apart the largest oil rigs on the planet to reveal the secrets of these amazing technological achievements… and discover if they can survive Mother Nature's most violent forces.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Super Copters
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    #13 - Super Copters

    S8:E21

    Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials strengthening the body - while keeping it lightweight. Using live action, re-creations, amazing archival footage and advanced CGI, we marvel at the creation of today's 'super copters' - extraordinary multi-purpose helicopters for the twenty-first century.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi
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    #14 - The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi

    S8:E23

    The Capital Gate building will create an iconic and avant-garde entrance to the city of Abu Dhabi. Leaning at a whopping 18 degrees westward, the tower will claim the Guinness Book of World Records title of Most Inclined Building on Earth. Discover how the engineers and architects overcome the force of gravity, and transform this vision into reality.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
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    #15 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

    S8:E32

    To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Sinking a Destroyer
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    #16 - Sinking a Destroyer

    S8:E35

    How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air Forces as they mount a sink exercise on a massive 4,250 foot long destroyer, to test their firepower and skill.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Super Rigs" is the best rated episode of "MegaStructures" season 8. It scored 8.2/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/2011. This episode is rated 8.2 points higher than the second-best, "Super Copters".