These images show off some of the world's most majestic creatures silhouetted against the beautiful rising and setting sun. The vibrant pictures feature a variety of animals in the wild and were taken by a host of photographers at locations around the world. The striking images all have one thing in common: the photographers' awe-inspiring ability to perfectly capture the silhouettes of earth's beautiful creatures. Here: Essex skipper butterfly resting on a plant at sunset, The Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Schalleven. (Photo by Caters News/Stock/Ardea)

Silhouettes of two Ibis birds in Mt. Dora, Florida. (Photo by Caters News/Science Source/Ardea)

A Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) perched on a fence at dawn, Holland, Gelderland, Arkemheen polder. (Photo by Christian Biemans/Caters News/Natureinstock/Ardea)

A Camel and camel driver silhouetted at sunset in the Thar Desert, Jodhpur, India. (Photo by Adam Jones/Dantia Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

Silhouette of a lion walking across savanna at dawn in the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. (Photo by Paul Souders/Danita Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

A painted stork at sunset. (Photo by Peter Skinner/Danita Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

An American elk at sunset. (Photo by Kenneth W. Fink/Caters News/Ardea)

A common blue butterfly covered with dew in front of the sunrise, in the Netherlands, Noord-Holland. (Photo by Caters News/Nature In Stock)

African elephants stand by a waterhole at sunset in Botswana. (Photo by Frans Lanting/Dantia Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

A bottlenose dolphin at Roatan Island, Carribean. (Photo by Francois Gohier/Caters News/Ardea)

A bald eagle In flight, with fish. (Photo by Pat Leeson/Caters News/Ardea)

A White-tailed Deer, buck with harvest moon rising in Texas. (Photo by Larry Ditto/Dantia Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

A blue wildebeest moves through grassland at dawn with the sun in the background in Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya, Africa. (Photo by Renato Granieri/Caters News/Ardea)

Little grebe, silhouette at sunrise in Cleveland, U.K. (Photo by Roy Glen/Caters News/Ardea)

A Polar Bear walking in the sunset at Kaktovik in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. (Photo by M. Watson/Caters News/Ardea)

A herd of gemsbok silhouetted on sand dune at dawn inSouth Africa, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. (Photo by Paul Souders/Dantia Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

An eastern grey kangaroo silhouetted against setting sun in eastern Australia. (Photo by Jean Paul Ferrero/Caters News/Ardea)

Umbrella Thorn Acacia and two male Impala silhouetted at sunrise, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa. (Photo by Adam Jones/Dantia Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)

Giraffe silhouetted at sunrise at Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa. (Photo by Adam Jones/Dantia Delimont/Caters News/Ardea)