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Bombs used to blast away ice

Updated: 2011-03-23 13:06

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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Bombs used to blast away ice

Bombs are dropped over a section of the Yellow River to blast floating ice, near Erdos city, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 22, 2011. The neighboring Daotu village had been threatened by huge block of ice, which had backed up river water. Twenty-four bombs were dropped to prevent a flood crisis. [Photo/Xinhua]

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