(BBC) British physicist Brian Cox, host of the "Wonders of the Solar System" documentary series, is hooked up with safety harnesses as he stands on the edge of the Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia. Erta Ale's lava lakes are considered an earthly analog to Io, a moon of Jupiter that is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.
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AUGUST 30, 2010
Alan Boyle, MSNBC

One of the most wonderful things about the "Wonders of the Solar System" television series is that it shows off the wonders of Earth as well as the cosmos.
There are times during the five-part documentary when you forget that "Wonders" is a show about the solar system and start to think it's an exotic globetrotting travelogue. But just when you're settling into the scenery, Brian Cox lays some heavy science on you, ever so lightly.
Read the story by Alan Boyle: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/27/4984852