The supermoon looked absolutely chilling behind Brazil's giant Jesus statue

What happens when you combine a 130-foot-tall statue of Jesus with an unusually enormous moon? This:

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Saturday brought the first supermoon — a phenomena when the moon is full on the same night it is closest in its orbit to Earth — of the season, which made for some incredible images like those above of Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue. The next supermoon will take place on August 10, so get those cameras ready.