8.5/108 votesLoading...#1 - Temple of Blood
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2018
An ancient man-made volcano might reveal buried treasure and bloody human sacrifice. When NASA discovers a strange pattern in the Arctic ice, experts investigate if it has alien origins. A mystery in the Sahara might have a sinister explanation.
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8.2/108 votesLoading...#2 - North Korea's Forbidden Islands
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2018
Man-made islands are spotted near a North Korean missile facility. When something unexpected is found in a remote desert, experts investigate a lost city of giants. A strange discovery in Siberia could reveal a mission to the center of the earth.
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8.0/1013 votesLoading...#3 - Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2020
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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8.0/105 votesLoading...#4 - Enigmas of Area 51
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 10/15/2020
Satellites capture two strange patterns in the desert next to Area 51.
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7.9/1010 votesLoading...#5 - Satan in Siberia
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2019
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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7.8/106 votesLoading...#6 - Nazi Stonehenge
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/2018
A mysterious Stonehenge-like structure in Russia might have links to the Nazis. Experts uncover clues to a mega-tsunami with the power to devastate the United States. A huge lake appears in the Sahara overnight, and its explanation could be mythical.
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7.8/105 votesLoading...#7 - Mayan Armageddon: The New Evidence
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/2018
New evidence might reveal how the Mayans vanished; when scientists investigate an abandoned settlement, they discover traces of ritualistic drug binges from the ancient world; a mysterious symbol in the desert points to a sex cult of millionaires.
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7.8/1011 votesLoading...#8 - Finding Jack the Ripper
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2019
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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7.7/1012 votesLoading...#9 - Curse of the Ice Zombies
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2019
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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7.7/1013 votesLoading...#10 - Nazi Doomsday Forest
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2020
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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7.6/108 votesLoading...#11 - Mystery of the Desert Shipwrecks
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2019
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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7.5/1018 votesLoading...#12 - Curse of the Sea Monster
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2017
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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7.5/1012 votesLoading...#13 - Treasures Of Valhalla
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2017
Evidence of human sacrifice for the Viking god Odin; shedding new light on Genghis Khan.
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7.5/1013 votesLoading...#14 - Chernobyl's Nuclear Monsters
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2020
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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7.5/106 votesLoading...#15 - Nazi Occult Temple
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/8/2020
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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7.4/108 votesLoading...#16 - Aliens of the Infinity War
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/2019
When a strange pattern appears in a field, experts wonder if its an extraterrestrial response to a message sent to an alien star cluster in 1974, and using cutting-edge science, they uncover its true origin.
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7.4/1010 votesLoading...#17 - Ghost Town Terror
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2020
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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7.4/107 votesLoading...#18 - Island of the Alien Ooze
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/2020
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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7.4/107 votesLoading...#19 - Chinese Nuclear Pyramid
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/17/2020
Experts suspect a lost pyramid in China could be a secret military base.
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7.3/1022 votesLoading...#20 - Gateway to Eden
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2016
A buried monument offers new evidence about one of the Bible's greatest mysteries. A giant shadow engulfs the Pacific Ocean. Scientists have trouble explaining a strange lake that's shaped like a perfect circle, and is home to otherworldly life.
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7.3/1013 votesLoading...#21 - Siberian Hell Pit
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/7/2017
A massive chasm in a Siberian forest may be a gate to the underworld.
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7.3/1011 votesLoading...#22 - Hunt for El Dorado
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2017
Strange images from Colombia could lead researchers to a legendary city.
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7.3/109 votesLoading...#23 - Monsters at Fort Madness
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2019
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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7.3/106 votesLoading...#24 - Ruins Of Cannibal City
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2020
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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7.3/1012 votesLoading...#25 - Zombietown USA
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 8/27/2020
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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The Best Episodes of What on Earth?
Every episode of What on Earth? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Science
Best Episodes Summary
"Temple of Blood" is the best rated episode of "What on Earth?". It scored 8.5/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/16/2018. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "North Korea's Forbidden Islands".