Gunning for Clouds

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:24:17 +0000

Where: Beijing, China

July 19: The photograph in the newspaper shows a soldier handling an anti-aircraft gun. At once, an image flashes across your mind: the gun moving left to right and firing away with a deafening, staccato noise, with an aircraft bursting into flames and somersaulting to the ground.

Good powers of imagination, fed on Hollywood films, but, unfortunately, completely off the mark.

The anti-aircraft gun shown in the Hindustan Times is used for the purpose of cloud seeding, or making rain.

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Gunning for Clouds