6月14日下午19時,北京天空出現“蘑菇”雲,猶如原子彈爆炸,雲中伴有閃電,在大鳥襯托之下, 場面更見壯觀。

The mushroom-like cloud baffled residents when it appeared over the Chinese capital last Thursday

The cloud - the base of which alone spanned several miles - swallowed up the skyline

A passing passenger jet is dwarfed by the giant cumulonimbus cloud

Escape: the plane emerges from flying past the towering cloud, which, despite its appearance, is entirely harmless

A close-up shot of the plane as it flies past the cumulonimbus cloud which filled the sky over Beijing last week |