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Researched and Written by Leila Battison
Narrated and Edited by David Kelly
Thumbnail Art and Art by Ettore Mazza
Snowball Earth image by Oleg Kuznetsov – 3depix – http://3depix.com/ • CC BY-SA 4.0
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Image Credits:
Earth during Last Glacial Maximum By Ittiz – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9237442
James St John Tillite Rocks
Banded Iron Formations
Tillite Victoria Australia By Rexness from Melbourne, Australia – Permian sandstone with tillite deposits, Werribee Gorge State Park, Victoria Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76345219
Dropstone By Eurico Zimbres, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2646630
Kent G. Budge – Dropstone within pyroclastic bed in the wall of Kilbourne Hole, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico, United States
Glacial striations By Walter Siegmund – Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2500400
Varve Andreas Steinhoff, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Permafrost thawing By NPS Climate Change Response – Thawing permafrost, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50672118
Permafrost By Boris Radosavljevic – https://www.flickr.com/photos/139918543@N06/24823171765/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80427896
Cryoconite By Ville Miettinen from Helsinki, Finland – Crevasse, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5494414
Cryoconote by By Kertu Liis Krigul – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64480622
00:00 Introduction
05:33 Mystery Glaciers
17:00 Snowball Earth
27:22 How?
39:23 Escape