I like to highlight excellence wherever I see it, and this photograph of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro holding the moon is spectacular.

Brazilian photographer Leonardo Sens took the photo on June 4 from Icaraí Beach in the Rio de Janeiro municipality of Niterói, which is around seven miles away. He had been consulting astronomical charts, planning this shot for several years.

It’s an inspirational lesson in creativity, art, persistence, and technical excellence. Of course, the symbolism in Jesus’ power over creation is there, too.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? (Psalm 8.3, 4, NIV)

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19.1, NIV)