Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
CSI Meteorites: I guess you could say this show is.... astronomical.
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Special thanks to Jim Holstein for helping out with this episode! and letting me hold a PIECE OF MARS
Created By:
Hank Green
Directed, Edited, Animated, and Scored by:
Michael Aranda
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Katie Kirby
Filmed on Location and Supported by:
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HUGE thanks to Diana Raynes for creating subtitles for this episode! And to Andrés García Molero, Tony Chu, John-Alan Pascoe, Katerina Idrik, Sarah Anderson, Seth Bergenholtz, and Kelleen Browning for translating them.
CSI Meteorites: I guess you could say this show is.... astronomical.
YEEAAAAAAAAAH
NEW! Subreddit: reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop
Facebook: facebook.com/thebrainscoop
The Brain Scoop is written and hosted by:
Emily Graslie
Special thanks to Jim Holstein for helping out with this episode! and letting me hold a PIECE OF MARS
Created By:
Hank Green
Directed, Edited, Animated, and Scored by:
Michael Aranda
Production Assistant:
Katie Kirby
Filmed on Location and Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)
HUGE thanks to Diana Raynes for creating subtitles for this episode! And to Andrés García Molero, Tony Chu, John-Alan Pascoe, Katerina Idrik, Sarah Anderson, Seth Bergenholtz, and Kelleen Browning for translating them.









![How to Cut a Trail in Amazonia
The Amazon rainforest is a dense, seemingly impenetrable place. Before our scientific team can accurately document the biodiversity of an area they need a map to follow and clear trails on which to walk. Enter Alvaro del Campo, the Rapid Inventory logistics guru!
This is a segment in a series about The Field Museums Rapid Inventory No. 27, a journey through the forests between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru. Every year, the Museums conservation group [the Action Center!] gathers together leading scientific experts across a number of disciplines (botany, zoology, geology, and anthropology) in order to gain an understanding of little-known areas of the rainforest. They work with local communities and their governments to help inform decisions made for conserving these unique, precious, and threatened parts of the world.
To learn more about the Rapid Inventory program, check out the other Amazon Adventures!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9TxqmGwqyDGzSg0EXLiFo-c7D
Read more about The Field Museums Rapid Inventory programs: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/rapid-inventories
This expedition would not have been possible without the generosity and help of Corine Vriesendorp, Nigel Pitman, Alvaro del Campo, Tyana Wachter, Ernesto Ruelas, and the rest of the Rapid Inventory team. Thank you for allowing us to join you on this journey, and for giving us the trip of a lifetime.
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Producer, Writer, Editor, Camera:
Tom McNamara
Theme music:
Michael Aranda
Created By:
Hank Green
Supported by:
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Filmed on location between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru.
All the love for Martina Šafusová for providing English closed captions on this video. +1 to you, Martina! How to Cut a Trail in Amazonia](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RcTRha7ulW0/mqdefault.jpg)
