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Really Big Things Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Paper Maker

First aired: Jan/09/2007

Matt Rogers explores the Concrete Mat Sinking Unit that helps prevent bank erosion along the Mississippi. He heads to the Sweden to use the Rammer Hammer to break ore in the Aritc Circle. Matt also learns to make paper at the world's largest paper mill.



2 :01x02 - Wind Mill Factory

First aired: Jan/16/2007

Matt Rogers catches a pass on the one-of-a kind retractable football field at the Arizona Cardinals Stadium. He rides aboard the largest dump truck in the world. Matt also helps to assemble one of world's the largest windmill turbines.



3 :01x03 - Largest Telescope

First aired: Jan/23/2007

Matt visits a vertical motion simulator, a blast hole drill, and the Largest Binocular Telescope.



4 :01x04 - Giant Tree Spade

First aired: Jan/30/2007

Included: tire recycling in North Carolina; the largest concrete structure ever made in Washington State; a 93,500-pound giant tree spader.



5 :01x05 - Swing Bridge

First aired: Feb/06/2007

Host Matt Rogers checks out the Evolution locomotive in Erie, Pa.; a dredger on the Mississippi River; and the Spokane Street swing bridge in Seattle.



6 :01x06 - Really, Really Big Show

First aired: Feb/13/2007

The Goodyear Blimp; a trash compactor in California; Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.



7 :02x01 - Cirque du Soleil Big Top

First aired: Jul/18/2007

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.



8 :02x02 - Bellagio Fountain

First aired: Jul/25/2007

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



9 :02x03 - Whale Shark Rescue

First aired: Aug/08/2007

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.



10 :02x04 - Ski Dubai

First aired: Aug/15/2007

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.



11 :02x05 - Man Made Islands

First aired: Aug/22/2007

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.