Sand can be lava, coral, bones, even excrement. What’s on your favorite beach?
Depending on where you are in the world, the sand beneath your feet can be anything from a fragment of a seashell to brine shrimp excrement to a piece of coral – the classification ‘sand’ only means a particle that is smaller than gravel and larger than silt. The Amazing Life of Sand explores the diverse nature of the substance, and the incredible journeys sand particles frequently travel.
Producers: Josh Cassidy, Liz Roth-Johnson
Website: Deep Look

videoBiology
Dive deep into an egg cell to see how ageing reboots when a new life begins
2 minutes

videoMathematics
After centuries of trying, we’ve yet to arrive at a perfect way to map colour
20 minutes

videoNature and landscape
‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden
5 minutes

videoOceans and water
A stunning visualisation explores the intricate circulatory system of our oceans
5 minutes

videoAnimals and humans
One man’s quest to save an orphaned squirrel, as narrated by David Attenborough
14 minutes

videoEarth science and climate
Images carved into film form a haunting elegy for a disappearing slice of Earth
3 minutes

videoBiology
Butterflies become unrecognisable landscapes when viewed under electron microscopes
4 minutes

videoEngineering
Can monumental ‘ice stupas’ help remote Himalayan villages survive?
15 minutes

videoFairness and equality
There’s a dirty side to clean energy in the metal-rich mountains of South Africa
10 minutes