(meteorobs) blind spots and black meteors

[Malcolm J. Currie]

The sky is bright once you're dark adapted.  It's not black, be it from
faint stars, airglow, zodiacal light, artificial light etc.  My
experience of this phenomenon is like a soft-pencil line is drawn on the
sky, i.e. it's as if `meteor' was absorbing, not emitting light.  You
see a dark trail against the luminous sky.

I don't recall seeing any while observing telescopically, only visually.

I defintely agree with Norm that nebulous meteors exist.

Malcolm