Aubrey Stimola Ryan

I always wanted to go go to Easter Island, a place of mystery that intrigued me from childhood. I never thought I'd have a chance to go... but, I did. This shot, at Rano Raraku, the "birthplace" of the Moai, was so ethereal, with statues--finished, unfinished, leaning, half to almost totally buried--standing silently on the hillside, sentinel. When I look at this one, I'm right back there.