Morgan’s Essay 036 – Heilongjiang: Wudalianchi Volcanic Cluster

2026 · 05 · 23

After the Park Fire’s Rapid Growth (153122 - oli2 20240727 lrg) — photo by NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann., accompanying poem "Morgan's Essay 036 - Heilongjiang: Wudalianchi Volcanic Cluster" — Photo: NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

China's volcanoes scatter across its lands,
several clusters in the northeast.
Wudalianchi's magma forms,
stone seas, stone rivers, spatter cones.

Black lava dams the lakes,
one pool of spring waves, clear green water.

May 23, 2026