It isn't easy to become a great photographer and capture images everyone loves. People spend tons of time and money to become great at their craft. From time to time, though, a perfect photo is taken completely by accident. Sometimes, people are in the right place at the right time to capture something incredible and wonderful.

There are plenty of of perfect moments that people just happen to capture on camera. It could be a lightning strike when someone least expected it. It could be an animal causing some mischief or flying into frame, or it could be a sudden and total accident that baffled everyone. These photos are examples of great accidents, and there are tons to be seen.

It must be pretty nice to be the person behind the camera when these amazing and perfectly timed photos were taken. Here are 25 images that were taken at the right time to create something purely magical, some of them are just unbelievable.