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Fiji bound 737 over Mangonui

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A friend of mine took these two photos:
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He says the dark line in front of the plane was clearly visible even to his eye, which presumably is why he took the photo. I can't offer any explanation, anyone got any ideas?
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The dark line will be shading off the aircraft. Must have been some haze up there.
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NZstorm wrote:The dark line will be shading off the aircraft. Must have been some haze up there.

You could be right there, Steven. I can remember seeing something like this in Central Otago with planes flying across from Mamona (Dunedin International Airport) to Aussie.

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isnt it a shadow from the actual vapour trail?
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Manukau heads obs wrote:isnt it a shadow from the actual vapour trail?
Thats what I thought it might be, can remember seeing this in Colorado
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can remember seeing this in Colorado
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Manukau heads obs wrote:isnt it a shadow from the actual vapour trail?
Yes i recon Brian is spot on.its a shadowing effect within the atmosphere's water vapour.

Still cool photos tgsnoopy =D>
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Thanks guys, Phil whom took them agrees that it is a correct answer.
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Its an old fashioned single prop centred plane seen edge on from the front coming in to land :lol:
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