The film tells about the history of the formation of geology as a science, the emergence of the idea of "continental drift", about the real possibility of predicting natural disasters, forecasting exploration and mining. The following filming was used in the film: landscapes of hills, volcanic eruption, ice drift, scientists in laboratories at work, view of a seismic station. A view of a city in Japan destroyed by an earthquake. Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka. Extraction of ore from an open pit. Rig work on the Kola Peninsula. A type of core storage where soil samples are stored, extracted from different depths for many years.