An engineering soldier prepares to fire a missile to blast boulders in a man-made sluice channel in Tangjiashan, quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 8, 2008. A total of 4 missiles were fired on Sunday to clear boulders in the sluice channel, which speeded up the drainage of the dangerous Tangjiashan quake lake that began on Saturday morning.

Engineering soldiers prepare to fire a missile to blast boulders in a man-made sluice channel in Tangjiashan, quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 8, 2008. A total of 4 missiles were fired on Sunday to clear boulders in the sluice channel, which speeded up the drainage of the dangerous Tangjiashan quake lake that began on Saturday morning.

(Xinhua News Agency June 8, 2008)