Photographer captures perfectly timed silhouette

An Air Condor plane is seen passing the moon (Sebastien Lebrigand)

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:22 PM -

Amazing pictures taken by French photographer Sebastien Lebrigand, capture planes in a striking silhouette against the sun and moon.

Because of the speed at which airplanes travel, Lebrigand says the shots were difficult to capture. 

"The plane passes in a quarter of a second," Lebrigand told Weather.com. "Days of waiting are needed. The phenomenon is rare." 

Using a special lens designed for astrophotography, Lebrigand was able to snap a series of pictures of planes passing the moon in July. 

He captured the images near his home in Crepy-en-Valois, near Paris in France.

A month later, he then captured a few more shots of a plane crossing in front of the sun. 

The sun's strong rays proved to be a challenge, but he eventually took the pictures at around 7 pm.

You can see more of Lebrigand's collection on his Flickr page.

A Boeing 777 aircraft is seen passing the sun (Sebastien Lebrigand)

With files from Weather.com