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A staff person with the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring preparing to fire a cannon volley to force the descent of avalanches in the mountains of North Ossetia.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Disasters & Accidents, Science & Technology
- Location: Republic of Northern Ossetia-Alania, Russia
- Event date: 11.01.2013
- Date published: 11.01.2013
- Author: Vladimir Ivanov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2896x1944px, 1.6Mb