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The Best Episodes of What on Earth?

Satellites orbit Earth at 17,000 miles an hour, capturing images of our world that are breathtaking, but some are bizarre. This unique perspective reveals objects...

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  1. 8.0/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth

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    S7:E8

    After satellites spot an anomaly at Egypt's oldest pyramid, experts uncover a long-lost labyrinth that could lead them to the darkest secrets of Imhotep, the mysterious high priest who built this strange complex.

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  2. 8.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Enigmas of Area 51

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    S8:E8

    Satellites capture two strange patterns in the desert next to Area 51.

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  3. 7.9/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Satan in Siberia

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    S5:E3

    A satanic symbol that points to an army of the dead in Siberia; a massive stone giant in a remote desert; evidence of a Russian doomsday device right on America's doorstep; cutting-edge technology helps experts answer sinister mysteries from space.

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  4. 7.8/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Finding Jack the Ripper

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    S5:E6

    New discoveries from space give experts new clues in the hunt for Jack the Ripper; a strange object crash-lands in Antarctica, experts speculate it could be an alien visitor.

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  5. 7.7/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Curse of the Ice Zombies

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    S5:E4

    Zombie reindeer haunting the mountains of Norway. Strange circles in the sand by a secret US military base. A gigantic streak in the Arctic pointing towards alien life. Cutting-edge technology helps experts answer these sinister mysteries from space.

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  6. 7.7/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Nazi Doomsday Forest

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    S7:E1

    When mysterious structures are discovered deep in a remote forest, experts investigate if this strange site was the long-lost birthplace of a top-secret Nazi project that produced some of the deadliest weapons the world had ever seen.

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  8. 7.6/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Mystery of the Desert Shipwrecks

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    S5:E7

    Hundreds of shipwrecks in the middle of a desert in Africa. A ghost town where hundreds of its inhabitants have mysteriously died. Something strange in North Korea. Cutting-edge tech helps experts answer these sinister mysteries from space.

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  9. 7.5/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Curse of the Sea Monster

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    S3:E12

    A strange mass breaches surface of an ocean near Antarctica, sparking rumors of a mythological sea monster. An area of the US-Mexico border becomes an international mystery. Ancient rock carvings depict weird, unearthly beings.

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  10. 7.5/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Chernobyl's Nuclear Monsters

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    S7:E3

    When strange circles of reindeer appear in the remote tundra of Sweden, experts investigate if this mysterious event could be evidence of fatal aftershocks from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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  11. 7.5/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Nazi Occult Temple

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    S8:E7

    Satellites capture a temple-like, Nazi structure hidden deep in the forests of Poland, leading an expert to investigate and uncover a tale of terrifying rituals, black magic and the rise of the most feared division of Hitler's war machine.

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  12. 7.4/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Ghost Town Terror

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    S7:E7

    When satellites discover a strange abandoned city frozen in time, experts investigate what caused the people who lived here to disappear overnight; using cutting-edge tech, they follow fresh leads to uncover if this mysterious city has a dark secret.

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  13. 7.4/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Island of the Alien Ooze

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    Satellite images capture a volcanic island that suddenly appears in the Pacific Ocean, and when NASA scientists arrive to investigate, they are baffled to find it's home to a primordial slime and zombie creatures with origins in outer space.

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  14. 7.4/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Chinese Nuclear Pyramid

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    S8:E4

    Experts suspect a lost pyramid in China could be a secret military base.

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  15. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Siberian Hell Pit

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    S3:E16

    A massive chasm in a Siberian forest may be a gate to the underworld.

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  16. 7.3/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Hunt for El Dorado

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    Strange images from Colombia could lead researchers to a legendary city.

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  17. 7.3/10(9 votes)

    #16 - Monsters at Fort Madness

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    S5:E2

    Alien monoliths haunt the coast of England; an obliterated jungle points to an brutal narco gold rush; evidence of a strange blood-red creature emerging from the deep.

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  18. 7.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Ruins Of Cannibal City

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    S7:E11

    When an extreme drought hits Spain, the ruins of a long-lost civilization suddenly emerge, and using cutting-edge technology, experts investigate evidence of ancient cannibalism.

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  19. 7.3/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Zombietown USA

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    S8:E1

    Satellite images capture evidence of an abandoned town hidden in the American wilderness, and as experts analyze this new evidence, they reveal what this strange place has to do with a top-secret military plan to battle an army of the undead.

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  20. 7.3/10(7 votes)

    #19 - The Damned of Devil's Island

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    S8:E6

    The remains of an abandoned settlement high in the mountains of Peru could be an ancient Roman village, leaving experts to speculate if the Romans visited the Americas centuries before Columbus; if so, it could point to long-lost gold.

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  21. 7.2/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Bloody Secret Of The Lost City

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    S3:E14

    A vast structure near the legendary city of Petra points to a bloody past.

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  22. 7.2/10(13 votes)

    #21 - CIA Killer Monks

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    S5:E1

    Something strange in the Himalayas could be evidence of a top-secret CIA program to turn monks into killer agents; cutting-edge science helps experts investigate the truth behind the mysterious anomaly.

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  23. 7.2/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Curse of Phantom Island

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    S7:E4

    When an island off the coast of Mexico suddenly disappears, government officials scramble to find an explanation; cutting-edge technology might reveal if the strange place was destroyed by a foreign power or if it existed at all.

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  24. 7.2/10(9 votes)

    #23 - America’s Swamp Castle

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    S9:E5

    Images reveal a forgotten war-torn fortress in the swamplands of Louisiana.

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  25. 7.2/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Stalin's Secret Atlantis

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    S9:E9

    When experts spot what appears to be an abandoned city in the Caspian Sea, they investigate declassified Cold War evidence to reveal an Atlantis-like city built by the Soviets; what they find exposes its long-lost secrets.

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  26. 7.1/10(16 votes)

    #25 - Raiders of the Holy Lance

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    S3:E8

    A heavily armored force takes over one of Syria's most ancient archaeology sites, prompting fears that its relics are being stolen. Tanks appear to be facing off in Antarctica next to an unworldly object. A water reservoir in LA suddenly turns black.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth" is the best rated episode of "What on Earth?". It scored 8/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/27/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Enigmas of Area 51".