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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.34,0:00:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk about the ultimate breakup.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.26,0:00:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe and Africa have\Nbeen splitting apart
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.48,0:00:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the American continents\Nfor millions of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.42,0:00:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a rate of approximately\N2.5 centimeters per year,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.12,0:00:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the continents are\Nmoving about as fast
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.85,0:00:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our fingernails grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.15,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as they continue to\Nsplit, the rift between them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.23,0:00:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise known as the Atlantic\NOcean, will get even wider.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.38,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all this drama is\Nleaving behind a major scar,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.00,0:00:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an underwater valley called\Nthe Mid-Atlantic Ridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.83,0:00:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which tears more and more as the\Ncontinents slowly move apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.40,0:00:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back on the\Ncontinental relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.62,0:00:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,puts us a mere 300\Nmillion years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.53,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Africa, Europe,\Nthe Americas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the other continents\Nwere one big landmass.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.05,0:00:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The famed\Nsupercontinent, Pangea.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.96,0:00:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due to the constant churning\Nof magma underneath the Earth's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.05,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crust, they all split up and\Nmoved to their modern day
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:00:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,positions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.13,0:00:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if destiny in the form\Nof magma and tectonic plates
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.92,0:00:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has anything to say\Nabout it, the continents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.56,0:00:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might have a chance of\Ngetting back together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.61,0:01:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how will these stubborn\Ncontinents kiss and make up?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.21,0:01:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists believe\Nthe plates will
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.65,0:01:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shift, causing the continents\Nto rearrange and get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.50,0:01:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.87,0:01:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in true tectonic\Nplate style,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.98,0:01:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll take about\N250 million years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.37,0:01:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our planet has a violent soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.95,0:01:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Majestic and often destructive,\Nvolcanic explosions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.67,0:01:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rattle our collective\Nimagination.