The Mountains that Connect us Together

My Scholarship entry - From Red Flames to Green Grass: Life on a Volcano

NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 18 November 2014 | Views [301] | View Larger Image

Along a footpath, the grass creeps up from the hard surface of the ground. All around lies the black lava rocks, yet in all this darkness, there is color and life. Stretching like a road, the grass is like a walkway showing how even in the worst of times there is always something good. We just need to look for it, no matter how much time it takes.

Around 600 years ago, the skies turned blood red and through the boiling hot water rose a volcano off the shores of what is now Auckland, New Zealand. Rising above the sea, remnants of volcanic rock are slowly being hidden away by grasses and moss. Once an inhospitable area, Mt. Ragnitoto lies beneath a blanket of green trees.

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Crouched in a cave, carved by the steady stream of lava, I looked through a crack on the ceiling. Above me shined the sun, illuminating the growing spuds of moss and the thin cobwebs of spiders. As the time has passed, beautiful things have come to colonize this large volcano. It is beautiful to see this steady progression of life moving into the tiniest pieces of lava.

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My Scholarship entry - From Red Flames to Green Grass: Life on a Volcano

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