Lightening current measured at Tokyo Skytree

Lightening current measured at Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - An apparatus (pipe at C) installed 497 meters above ground to measure lightening currents is shown to reporters at the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital's Sumida Ward on Oct. 17, 2012.

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