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Josh Dinner

Milky Way swirls over famous Easter Island statutes in stunning photo

Large statues of giant heads stand on a grassy hillside beneath a night sky illuminated with brilliant yellows and oranges from the Milky Way, masked by the cosmic shadow of space among the stars.

Sometimes a photo can captivate so powerfully that you are transported to another place and time.

When photographer Josh Dury traveled to Easter Island for last month's annular solar eclipse, he wasn't going to let a single moment go to waste. Although primarily there for the celestial day-time alignment, with support from the islanders, Dury also managed to capture some overnight images alongside some of the island's famous statues, known as Moai.

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