Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 2 - Eps 18: The Sky's On Fire
Cruising for days under the ice, Seaview surfaces to find the sky is ablaze thanks to the Van Allen belt catching fire. Nelson races to Washington to confer with fellow scientists and hatches a plan to detonate a nuclear device into the atmosphere and extinguish the fire. Weber, a Fellow scientist, feels they should do nothing and allow the fire to burn out. Nelson disagrees and takes Weber and two others aboard Seaview to decide the course of action as the sub races to the firing point. However, Weber is determined to stop Nelson and is willing to kill to do it!
About Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Title: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
First Air Date: 1964-09-14
Last Air Date: 1968-03-31
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 121 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 110
Network: ABC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Irwin Allen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Synopsis
Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.
Cast

Richard Basehart
Adm. Harriman Nelson

David Hedison
Captain Crane

Terry Becker
Chief Sharkey

Del Monroe
Kowalski

Paul Trinka
Patterson

Richard Bull
Doctor

Robert Dowdell
Chip Morton