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excerpt from Part 1 of 'Power of the Planet"

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Ethiopia Eastern Ave this is the app original Panda Country touch the left for the Ethiopian military the one of the horses places on the surface of our planet the most powerful production we've got plenty of equipment because I had of his there's some serious claiming with touchdown on a dry brittle surface of recently cooled lava once a helicopter leaves we're on the road for a couple of days this place has no water no shelter New Life except I'm tool for a few snakes but I think it's really going to be worth it I've come all this way to see one of the most remarkable volcano anywhere on the planet Delta Island the name means the smoking marrington to the local Alpha people  which direction best volcano has been continued erupting lava from longer than any other on Earth but no one's quite sure because it's only been properly study for the last 40 years I've been lucky to see a lot of volcanoes in my time and I've never seen one that has a permanent Lake of molten lava its creator but there's another reason why this volcano is very special fantasy that I need to get Jaden the Creator and see the lava up close not going to a crushing today Play app sale religious this is my my one day sfax that's it that's good it's a theft to meet about to go drop to reach my Terrace below and the lava lick itself is a little father thing my way Sunset to take a closer look because of the lava that is most spectacular at night this is as close as I can safely get that is magnificent I mean I mean it's taken us a hell of a journey to get here Freight next a big pool of molten lava makes us Lava Lake more than just pure spectacle is it its own window that allows us to look deep into the Earth  what helps us understand the cheat of planet just take a look at the motion of the Lava Lake speed it up something intriguing is happening ribbon on the Lava Falls of very distinctive pattern hit Wells up on one side of the crater. does it cools  then let's cross the music cross the surface of the lake driven by the chilling action of the lava below finally the crust sinks by phone as we will discover this status of molten rock Charming away below the surface facts our entire planet  that's because this Lava Lake connected to a gigantic source of heat that lies deep inside the Earth I think it's fair to say that most of us go about our daily completely unaware of it underneath the feet of planet is incredibly hot I mean we live on Earth in scan of cool rock Place Lila Kitty to cold freezer of space up there and a red hopefulness that in there can water source of power pharmacist does far more than just a few volcanoes they created the first atmosphere in the oceans I continually reset the planet surface builds great mountain ranges and moves entire continents and it created conditions for life on Earth to begin in fact you could see it in the whole history of the planet has been driven by the massive heat trapped inside it  to understand what our planets in our heat comes from we have to go back four and a half billion years set a time of Earth's on Bertha. Cole dating after Hades the kingdom of Hell which is a good name because this was a hot hostile and violet world you mean recognize it but this is our planet and its very earliest days little more than a few pieces of rope colliding as they Circle the Sun vism fax resume file degenerative immense amounts of heat  meals delivered vast quantities of radioactive material to the Earth eventually when the ozone layers of the planet cooled these two powerful sources of heat stop tonight huge part core  the center of our planet is this what's the surface of the Sun  this is a source of heat energy and it's what fuels volcanoes to this day trap star planet has been continuously releasing balloons of heat gives you some idea how much you realize that The Forum half billion years still plenty left Earth's inner heat makes a planet surface incredibly dynamic it is created of wrestlers continually changing line unlike any other in the solar system it's a world of Destruction I'm reading you

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