I was flying into Tokyo a couple of days ago and the weather was as nice as I have seen for some time. I snapped the following photos of an interesting cloud phenomenon that I have not seen before.
The photos are of some volcanic islands to the south of Tokyo. We are on descent as I took them. You can see the low level cloud bending around the islands. Very interesting (if you are into that sort of thing).
In a couple of the photos, you can see a faint cone in the distance on the mainland, it's Mount Fuji. Photos are from my iPhone so not hi res... wish I had a 7 or 8 MP camera with me at the time but this is nice enough anyway. Wish I could have taken more but we became busy with the descent into Narita.
Anyway... Enjoy.
Cobra
One for the Meteorologists!
Interesting theory... didn't think of that! I am not sure if the volcanoes are active though. The craters look spectacular however. I can check to see if they are active.
Edit: It is called Miyake-jima and it is active. The one to the right is called Kozu-Zima and it is also active.
Footnote: The location of these volcanoes marks the confluence of three undersea tectonic plates. One day, these plates are going to let go with predicted dire consequences for Tokyo in the form of a massive earthquake and tsunami. Maybe I better stop bidding to go there?!
Edit: It is called Miyake-jima and it is active. The one to the right is called Kozu-Zima and it is also active.
Footnote: The location of these volcanoes marks the confluence of three undersea tectonic plates. One day, these plates are going to let go with predicted dire consequences for Tokyo in the form of a massive earthquake and tsunami. Maybe I better stop bidding to go there?!