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Really Big Things

Season 2 2007
TV-G

  • 2007-07-19T00:00:00Z on Discovery
  • 45m
  • 5h (5 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
As personal technology seems to be shrinking (e.g. laptops, phones) some technology is getting bigger. This show examines the huge devices and inventions that aid humans in our modern world.

5 episodes

Season Premiere

2007-07-19T00:00:00Z

2x01 Cirque du Soleil Big Top

Season Premiere

2x01 Cirque du Soleil Big Top

  • 2007-07-19T00:00:00Z1h

As the second season begins, Matt Rodgers helps to put up Cirque Du Soleil's big top; shoots the rapids at the U.S. National Whitewater Center to train Olympic kayakers, and assists the Navy in moving a fleet of Hummers via one hovercraft.

2007-07-26T00:00:00Z

2x02 Bellagio Fountain

2x02 Bellagio Fountain

  • 2007-07-26T00:00:00Z1h

A visit to Las Vegas to see how massive amounts of dirty laundry are cleaned. Also: turning sand into glass.

2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

2x03 Whale Shark Rescue

2x03 Whale Shark Rescue

  • 2007-08-09T00:00:00Z1h

Host Matt Rogers helps in the rescue of two whale sharks and assists in transporting them to an aquarium. Also: how Las Vegas hotels clean their enormous loads of dirty laundry.

2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

2x04 Ski Dubai

2x04 Ski Dubai

  • 2007-08-16T00:00:00Z1h

A trip to the Middle East to see the world's tallest building and biggest indoor skiing venue. Also: building and installling a 50-foot fossil burner.

Season Finale

2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

2x05 Man Made Islands

Season Finale

2x05 Man Made Islands

  • 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z1h

Matt visits a solar field in New Mexico; examines the canal bridge in Magdeburg, Germany, a half-mile structure over the Elbe River where ships can travel when the water level in the river is too low; and assists in the construction of a man-made island.

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