One Strange Rock

For the privileged few who have looked down at the Earth from space, the planet's thin blue line sets it apart from any other.

Earth is born in a cosmic storm and shaped by violence; the planet exists as a result of random collisions in a dangerous cosmos, constructed from the rubble of the early solar system.

The epic story of Earth's battle with the sun and how life thrives against all odds; hurling devastating particles and deadly radiation at Earth, the sun is the big boss of the solar system; without several shields, life on Earth wouldn't survive.

The story of the dynamic forces and crazy coincidences that took a bunch of dead ingredients and transformed them into something as wondrously intricate as life on Earth.

Without the cycle of death and sacrifice, life would not exist on Earth; from the deaths of stars to mass extinctions. this is the story of how life evolved hand in hand with death; death drives evolution, ensuring that life is never wiped out.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield believes the only chance for human survival is to escape from Earth and build a space colony; this undertaking will be made difficult due to space radiation, micro gravity and bacteria.