Mysteries from Above

Fly over sites around the globe to get a unique understanding of their historical significance and modern legacy. View these locations via drone, satellite, and aerial photography and see how a change in perspective opens up a new world of meaning.

1. E10

   10. New Technologies

   Finale 4 years ago

   Viewed from above, the world-famous Pyramids of Giza could be a kind of star map. It also shows how first responders gave hope to survivors of Hurricane Katrina from the sky. Also very impressive is an Indonesian volcano that burns in a bright blue. And this time, a bird's eye view also reveals certain forgotten joys of America's recent past.

2. E9

   9. Lost at Sea

   4 years ago

   A remote island linked to one of the world's most famous aviation mysteries; thousands of shipwrecks in the Bermuda triangle; a history lost and found in the South Pacific.

3. E8

   8. Natural Mysteries

   4 years ago

   From above, a constant inferno in Turkmenistan, mysterious circles in the Namibian desert, slithering stones across Death Valley, and the secret of Utah's electric blue ponds.

4. E7

   7. Ghost Towns

   4 years ago

   Drones reveal what's left of Henry Ford's American suburb in the Brazilian jungle; clues to what killed a once-vibrant Pennsylvania mining town; an aerial glimpse of New York's forgotten ghost town; an Italian Renaissance reduced to dust.

5. E6

   6. Unreachable Places

   4 years ago

   Strange markings in the remote region of Northern Finland; drones find a Manhattan-size mystery in the depths of a Vietnamese cave; secrets are no longer hidden in the Antarctic; a lost sky-high world in Mozambique gets a visit from above.

6. E5

   5. Ancient Civilizations

   4 years ago

   Ancient Civilisations: Nubian pyramids reveal the rise of female power in Ancient Kush and a shocking satellite image uncovers secrets of an ancient ancestral Puebloan site in New Mexico

7. E4

   4. Submerged

   4 years ago

   Submerged: A Turkish drought reveals a long-lost ancient Basilica and its secrets, a church spire punches through the surface of a toxic sludge in Romania and the hull of a massive ship in the North Sea answers decades old questions

8. E3

   3. In Plain Sight

   4 years ago

   In Plain Sight: Discover over a hundred massive concrete arrows scattered across America, a giant chalk figure with an oversized phallus on an English hillside and a mysterious hole in the middle of a lake in Southern California

9. E2

   2. Military Mysteries

   4 years ago

   Military Mysteries: Discover an array of mysterious phenomena seen from above, including a Nazi weapon in Northern France and a Russian military tower near Chernobyl

10. E1

    1. Accidental Discoveries

    4 years ago

    Accidental Discoveries. Using the view from above, drone pilots and satellite imagery specialists are uncovering a vanished Neolithic structure in an Irish farmer's field, an ancient oasis in the far reaches of the Chinese desert, centuries-old buried treasure in Britain and a fearsome predator roaming the Pacific Ocean has made cozy and all just by accident.

Fly over sites around the globe to get a unique understanding of their historical significance and modern legacy. View these locations via drone, satellite, and aerial photography and see how a change in perspective opens up a new world of meaning.

1. S2 E10

   E10

   10. Ancient Civilizations

   Finale 3 years ago

   Cameras capture evidence of ancient civilizations. Featuring a mysterious Norwegian mound, a pre-historic stone circle on the banks of the Tagus River and a lost city in the very cradle of civilization.

2. S2 E9

   E9

   9. Far from Above

   3 years ago

   Cameras capture the world from fresh and exhilarating perspectives. Drones explore strange geological occurrences, unique man-made structures, curious creatures and lost civilizations, revealing fascinating insights and never-before-seen footage.

3. S2 E8

   E8

   8. A Whole lot of Holes

   3 years ago

   Visits to some of the most cavernous places on Earth, including Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert and a voluminous void in Antarctica.

4. S2 E7

   E7

   7. Mysterious Monuments

   3 years ago

   Cameras capture the world from fresh and exhilarating perspectives. The planet's most puzzling structures are revealed, including ancient pathways criss-crossing Easter Island, gigantic designs carved into Asia's Eastern Steppe, and a tall pyramid rising from Antarctica's icy landscape.

5. S2 E6

   E6

   6. Giants

   3 years ago

   The view from above reveals; the skeletal remains of an enormous ancient reptile, a colossal head carved into the Badlands of Alberta, a giant footprint in the wilds of South Africa, and gigantic, mysterious Pentagram in Kazakhstan.

6. S2 E5

   E5

   5. Behind the Myths

   3 years ago

   Strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Colombia, a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast, a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest, and a unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.

7. S2 E4

   E4

   4. Ocean Mysteries

   3 years ago

   Discover an underwater find from a violent past, a mysterious concrete 'ghost island' and never-before-seen tracks along the seabed.

8. S2 E3

   E3

   3. Expect the Unexpected

   3 years ago

   Explore a long-forgotten network of Native American earthworks, a battlefield mystery in Belgium and a mysterious blood red lake on a Greek island.

9. S2 E2

   E2

   2. Disaster from Above

   3 years ago

   Malta loses a natural treasure, an enormous fiery vortex is seen in California and a mysterious radioactive hotspot is found near Chernobyl.

10. S2 E1

    E1

    1. Out of Place

    3 years ago

    Aerial cameras reveal strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Columbia, a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast, a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest. Plus, a giant, unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.

Fly over sites around the globe to get a unique understanding of their historical significance and modern legacy. View these locations via drone, satellite, and aerial photography and see how a change in perspective opens up a new world of meaning.

1. S3 E10

   E10

   10. Animal Oddities

   Finale 2 years ago

   Witness jaw-dropping animal spectacles from high above the Earth. Watch a whirling herd of northern nomads, see undersea behemoths show off in the Pacific shallows, track a US porcine stampede, and confront top ocean predators on the Florida coast.

2. S3 E9

   E9

   9. Stone Cold Mysteries

   2 years ago

   Get petrified by cryptic rock structures normally hidden from view. Look inside curious dwellings in the Peruvian Andes, visit a sacred monolith in Wyoming's Black Hills, haunt a Turkish stone village, and spot an immovable waterfall in Mexico.

3. S3 E8

   E8

   8. Great Cities

   2 years ago

   Tower over amazing metropolises. Learn why an important urban centre is sinking toward oblivion, soar over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands, learn the modern secret of an ancient fortress, and eye a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi.

4. S3 E7

   E7

   7. Perplexing Patterns

   2 years ago

   Feast your eyes on divine designs. Circle around psychedelic swirls in the Utah wastelands, see a bizarre configuration of circles in the Sahara, uncover hidden lines with the help of a drone, and swoop down over a remote polka-dot lake in Canada.

5. S3 E6

   E6

   6. Deep Blue

   2 years ago

   Take a deep dive into watery enigmas. Glide over a sunken Italian city, a unique underwater cemetery in the Florida Keys, a yellow brick road to nowhere in the depths of the North Pacific, and puzzling rocky constructions off the coast of Australia.

6. S3 E5

   E5

   5. Extraordinarily Out of the Ordinary

   2 years ago

   Confront objects that make no sense. Spot a spinning island in an Argentinian marsh, a colossal triangle stuck in the Arizona desert, mysterious multicoloured pools across northern Ethiopia, and a huge human figure hidden in the Australian outback.

7. S3 E4

   E4

   4. Ancient Mysteries

   2 years ago

   Examine strange relics forgotten by time. Visit a perturbing circle of stone in the Golan Heights, a mountain of headless statues in Turkey, a castle left to crumble in the Saudi Arabian desert, and a time-worn secret in the wilds of Peru.

8. S3 E3

   E3

   3. Mysteries of the Misplaced

   2 years ago

   Peek at landmarks in places where they shouldn't be. Wing your way over an imperial pyramid in the Netherlands, a massive metal sphere in remote Russia, a lion shape carved into an English hillside, and a bare swath cut through an Austrian forest.M

9. S3 E2

   E2

   2. The Deserted

   2 years ago

   Explore strongholds abandoned by their architects. Look at a lost city in the Amazon jungle, see a desert fortress made by humanity's most notorious empire, explore a city of identical castles, and examine a Greek isle's bloody history from the air.

10. S3 E1

    E1

    1. Out of this World

    2 years ago

    Spot a giant glacier on the red planet, let the milky seas off the coast of Java bathe your vision, ponder a huge hexagon floating above Saturn, and take a spin around a doughnut-shaped lake in Saskatchewan.

1. S4 E8

   E8

   8. Mysteries of the Abandoned

   1 year ago

   The view from above reveals a derelict complex of pod-like structures with seemingly alien origins; a bewildering concrete construction in the mountains of Bosnia; a puzzling collection of out of place shapes discarded in the wilds of Greenland.

2. S4 E7

   E7

   7. Mysterious Marine Creatures

   3 months ago

   The view from above reveals baffling behavior from one of the ocean's fastest fish; whales with a strange, aquatic accessorizing habit; a confounding congregation of sharks down under; a perplexing collection of circles decorating the seabed.

3. S4 E6

   E6

   6. Archaeological Mysteries

   3 months ago

   Puzzle over an out-of-place relic from World War II and get a bird's-eye view of stone circles in Norway; examine mysterious, ancient mounds on the banks of the Mississippi and uncover the dark history of a medieval English village.

4. S4 E5

   E5

   5. Ice Cold Mysteries

   3 months ago

   Unlock an abandoned site on a remote Antarctic isle and check out mysterious shapes in the Finnish snow; puzzle over an inexplicable monolith in the far reaches of Norway, then get shocked by a blood-red frozen waterfall at the bottom of the world.

5. S4 E4

   E4

   4. Ancient Civilizations

   4 months ago

   Come across a set of disturbingly familiar stone monoliths in Colombia, then explore a lost city in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; puzzle over an ancient ruin in Corinth, Greece, and explore an old structure on a Maltese island.

6. E3

   3. Desert Mysteries

   1 year ago

   Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.

7. E2

   2. Disasters

   1 year ago

   Revealed from above; mysterious holes in Isreal; a ghost village hidden in the Colombian jungle; a shipwreck off the coast of Sri Lanka; and a gutted airplane fuselage abandoned in Iceland.

8. E1

   1. It's Getting Hot in Here

   1 year ago

   Get a birds-eye view of a mysterious, massive explosion in China and a quickly melting glacier on Earths iciest continent; investigate a strange orange haze enveloping the Big Apple, then float over a toxic, too-hot-to-handle lake in New Zealand.

1. S5 E2

   E2

   2. Celtic Mysteries

   2 months ago

   Fly over sites around the globe to get a unique understanding of their historical significance and modern legacy. View these locations via drone, satellite and aerial photography and see how a change in perspective opens up a new world of meaning.

2. S5 E1

   E1

   1. Unexpected Naturally

   3 months ago

   Revealed from above; massive striped mounds forming beehive shapes and cones in the outback of Western Australia; high above the city of Huelva, Spain, the view from above reveals a way too neon pool of emerald green water; high above the shores of the Gulf of Riga in Latvia the view from above reveals an intricate collection of geometric shapes in the landscape; on the Hawaiian Island of Hawai'i, the view from above reveals kilometers of seemingly never-ending lush, green foliage.