Galaxy Brain Moai

One of my favorite photos from Ranu Raraku, the quarry of the Moai on Rapa Nui (easter island). Seeing the milky way over the quarry was a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience as astrophotography isn’t typically allowed here! I don’t think I stopped smiling for one second this entire night. I was granted special permission to be in the park after sunset, absolutely a thrill.

Easter island is the most remote inhabited place in the world, and on the rare cloudless nights you are treated with a blanket of stars overhead. The southern hemisphere sky makes this an especially magical sight as polynesian wayfinders used the stars to find the island to begin with. Truly awesome.