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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".

  • Temple of Blood
    8.5/108 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • North Korea's Forbidden Islands
    8.2/108 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth
    8.0/1013 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Enigmas of Area 51
    8.0/105 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Satan in Siberia
    7.9/1010 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nazi Stonehenge
    7.8/106 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mayan Armageddon: The New Evidence
    7.8/105 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Finding Jack the Ripper
    7.8/1011 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Curse of the Ice Zombies
    7.7/1012 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nazi Doomsday Forest
    7.7/1013 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mystery of the Desert Shipwrecks
    7.6/108 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Curse of the Sea Monster
    7.5/1018 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Treasures Of Valhalla
    7.5/1012 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chernobyl's Nuclear Monsters
    7.5/1013 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nazi Occult Temple
    7.5/106 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Aliens of the Infinity War
    7.4/108 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ghost Town Terror
    7.4/1010 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Island of the Alien Ooze
    7.4/107 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chinese Nuclear Pyramid
    7.4/107 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gateway to Eden
    7.3/1022 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Siberian Hell Pit
    7.3/1013 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hunt for El Dorado
    7.3/1011 votes
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    #22 - Hunt for El Dorado

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2017

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Monsters at Fort Madness
    7.3/109 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ruins Of Cannibal City
    7.3/106 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Zombietown USA
    7.3/1012 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A