Weather
‘Dragon’s nest’ cloud appears in Japan
This is the phenomenal moment a lightning thundercloud appears in Tokyo sky, dazzling Japanese residents with this rare display.
Pictures show the incredible moment lightning streaked through the inside of a cloud shaped like an atomic bomb explosion, creating an amazing illuminated display.
The meteorological phenomenon, ominously shaped like a mushroom cloud, occurred in Japan, the only country to have seen an actual nuclear blast.
Japanese locals typically refer to this shape of cloud as a ‘Dragon’s nest’.
The pictures reveal the huge cumulonimbus cloud towering into the sky above the brooding cityscape with flashes of lightning ripplling through the vertical cloud.
Wed 29 Aug 2018 at 08:21
