Picture taken at 9:00 AM on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows the drainage of the Tangjiashan quake lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second.

Picture taken at 9:00 AM of June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows the water gushed out of the Tangjiashan quake lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second.