This was photographed from a helicopter on a normal revenue flight.
Boeing 747-446 - Japan Airlines - JAL | Aviation Photo #0640853 | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just an optical effect.
For information, that photograph of the 747-400 "ISFD" (3 posts above) was taken with the instrument removed from the instrument panel during maintenance, but not electrically disconnected and gently left hanging down. The symbology is quite interesting at extreme angles.