New Zealand is world renowned for their beautiful and dramatic natural scenery and airplane passengers have taken to social media to share some of the country's most spectacular images from up in the air.

Air New Zealand is encouraging their customers to share their best shots on social media of the land of the long white cloud using the hashtag #AirNZshareme.

Close to 16,000 images have been shared by travelers keen to show off their photography skills and filter editing prowess.

From snow-capped mountains to clouds in the sunset that almost look like cotton-candy and aerial views Queenstown and Wellington.

Many of the breath taking photographs have been shared by Air New Zealand's official social media accounts.