The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular "ring of fire" eclipse. Only Easter Island and a small area near the southern tip of Chile and Argentina witnessed an annular eclipse,

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, where around 1,000 stone moai statues stand. You can see the whole celestial event play out in this incredible composite image.

See the annular “ring of fire” and partial solar eclipse captured by photographers in some of Earth's most remote and iconic places as the sun's center was eclipsed.