The BEST episodes of Megastructures season 2006

#1 - Deep Earth Drillers

Season 2006 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/2006

Behind the scenes of geothermal power complexes in California and Iceland, and a look at how scientists hope to expand its use by digging deeper into the Earth's crust.

#2 - Impossible Bridges: Denmark to Sweden

Season 2006 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2006

#3 - Machines of War: Tanks

Season 2006 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2006

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#4 - The Science of Brick

Season 2006 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/2/2006

Brick: They are an essential building block of civilization. They are one of the worlds first building materials and today they continue to create structures that amaze us. From paving our driveways to lining our fireplaces and chimneys, brick is part of our daily lives. But when thousands or millions of these simple blocks are stacked together, people have changed the course of history. How Its Built: Brick will bring viewers through the process that takes a lump of clay, forms it into a simple block, and then uses fire to transform it into a rock hard building material.

#5 - Inside NCIS

Season 2006 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2006

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the United States Department of the Navy's primary law enforcement agency. Let Megastructures give you a first hand tour!

#6 - Machines of War: Guns

Season 2006 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/12/2006

The history and evolution of the gun.

#7 - Panama Canal Unlocked

Season 2006 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/19/2006

#8 - Apache Helicopter

Season 2006 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2006

The Apache helicopter, a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter, is assembled at the Boeing IDS plant in Mesa, Arizona.

#9 - How it's built: Steel

Season 2006 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/21/2006

It's man made and one of the strongest materials on earth. Explore the science behind steel and the innovations it has made possible -- from the Brooklyn Bridge to the tools for medical miracles.

#10 - Mega Chopper

Season 2006 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2006

Superchoppers of the 21st century.

#11 - Berlin Wall

Season 2006 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2006

A history of the Berlin Wall, the “wall of shame” that divided East and West Germany from 1961 to 1989. The hour chronicles escape attempts and how East German authorities responded to them, and also recalls the opening of the Wall on Nov. 9, 1989. East and West Germany were formally reunited a year later.

#12 - Hoover Dam

Season 2006 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2006

Exploring Nevada's Hoover Dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River. The 726-foot dam weighs more than 6,600,000 tons and is 660 feet thick at its base. Completed in 1936, it can store up to two years' worth of the Colorado's average water flow, and generates four billion hours of hydroelectric power a year.

#13 - Supertanker

Season 2006 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/31/2006

#14 - Impossible Bridges: Greece

Season 2006 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2006

#15 - Garbage Mountain

Season 2006 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/1/2006

NGC steps into the world of garbage in California's Puente Hills landfill, America's biggest landfill, to uncover the inner-workings at LA's filthiest suburb.

#16 - Ice Hotel

Season 2006 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/1/2006

10,000 tons of crystal clear ice and 30,000 tons of pure snow are needed to build the Ice Hotel in Sweden every year. The hotel accommodates over 100 guests and every bedroom is unique. It has become renowned for its ingenuity and originality but it isn't the only structure created from ice. A little further into Sweden's northern wilderness is a network of roads that are created every winter on top of the Baltic Sea. Witness the construction and disappearance of two of the world's most unique Megastructures.

#17 - Megabridges: China

Season 2006 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/11/2006

Lupu Bridge in Shanghai, Runyang Bridge in Jiangsu Province, and Sutong Bridge near Suzhou

#18 - Ice Hotel

Season 2006 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/14/2006

Thousands of tons of ice and snow are used to build the Ice Hotel in Sweden every year.

#19 - Machines of War: Missiles

Season 2006 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/7/2006

Track the flight of a Tomahawk cruise missile from launch to target and discover the technology that makes the missile the ultimate surgical attack weapon.

#20 - Science of Concrete

Season 2006 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/14/2006

Concrete: It is the most widely used building material on earth. It was a building block of the Roman Empire and is a material of choice for a new generation of gravity-defying skyscrapers. From the sidewalks of New York to the fast-growing Burj Dubai, slated to be the worlds tallest building when it is completed in 2008, concrete continues to be a crucial tool of engineers and architects alike. Concrete's footprint is everywhere.

#21 - Rock Eaters of Iceland

Season 2006 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/31/2006