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Scientist search for the origins of life and fail because they do not realize that even the simplest forms of life that exists today are far more complex than the first, primitive forms of life. For example, the first forms of life were devoid of DNA and RNA because these molecules are too frail to survive on the primordial earth without the protection of very complex biological membranes. Before life, there was no oxygen or ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere. Instead, Earth's non-oxygen, or "reducing" atmosphere likely held water vapor, hydrogen from evaporating water, small amounts of ammonia and methane, lots of deadly ultraviolet radiation and lightnings. About half a century ago it was known that lightnings could make amino acids (the building blocks of all life) in the primordial ooze and that fatty acids could make the first cell walls. Little if any progress was made after these discoveries. resolution: 1280x720 pixels

Leading astronomers explore planets with iron rain and hot ice, with diamonds everywhere, and endless oceans of gas. Planets with abnormal orbital patterns and planets with no pattern at all that drift alone in the Milky Way. resolution: 720x400

Each year Amazonia is flooded, but a miraculous resurrection takes place when it rises to the surface. "The Land Reborn" reveals a new world teeming with predators. Stealthy jaguars prowl, army ants swarm and tarantulas bring down rodent prey as two and a half million square miles of rain forest emerge from the floods. resolution: 576x368 pixels, release date: 1999, more info: http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/life.html

Each year Amazonia is flooded, but a miraculous resurrection takes place when it rises to the surface. "The Big Top" is the luxuriant mantle of the world's greatest rainforest, which is home to nearly half the world's species. Here, harpy eagles carry off full-grown monkeys and algae-covered tree sloths live upside down. Life and death dramas unfold in this most precarious of habitats, more than 100 feet above the forest floor. resolution: 576x368 pixels, release date: 1999, more info: http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/bigtop.html

Each year Amazonia is flooded, but a miraculous resurrection takes place when it rises to the surface. "Waterworlds" features the churning waters of the world's mightiest river, the force that creates, destroys and shapes Amazonia. The boto dolphin and the giant otter, respective inhabitants of lagoons and flooded forests, are among the key characters of this first episode. In this world, the Amazon rushes, then recedes, as the rainforest's terrestrial and aquatic realms battle for dominance. resolution: 576x368 pixels, release date: 1999, more info: http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/waterworlds.html

El Cid is the title of 1961 movie about Spanish nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, popularly known as El Cid. He led military resistance against Islamonazi invaders of Spain in the 11th century. Charlton Heston is El Cid. Sophia Loren is his wife (Jimena Diaz). The script is half-true, half-false dramatization of historical events. length: 3 hours, resolution: 640x480 pixels, file size: 1.4 GB