Artificial rain eases drought in SW China
06,2011
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Workers with the meteorological authority in Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, prepare rockets, which contain chemicals that spur precipitation, to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged region, August 4, 2011.
Workers with the meteorological authority in Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, prepare rockets, which contain chemicals that spur precipitation, to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged region, August 4, 2011. Most parts around the provincial capital Guiyang embraced a long awaited rain early Friday morning after rocket projectiles were fired into the sky at several meteorological stations when clouds formed around midnight Thursday.
Workers with the meteorological authority in Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, prepare rockets that contain chemicals that spur precipitation to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged region, August 4, 2011.
A worker with the meteorological authority in Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, prepares a rocket that contains chemicals that spur precipitation to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged region, August 4, 2011.
A worker with the meteorological authority in Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, prepares the launch pad for a rocket that contains chemicals that spur precipitation to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged region, August 4, 2011.
A worker with the meteorological authority in Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, loads a rocket that contains chemicals that spur precipitation before firing it to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged region, August 4, 2011.
A rocket that contains chemicals that spur precipitation is fired into the sky to bring artificial rain to the drought-ravaged Qingzhen city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, at midnight August 4, 2011.