Epic selfie taken with Brazil's Jesus statue

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Monday, June 2, 2014
Lee Thompson takes a selfie on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lee Thompson takes a selfie on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Owner of a travel company Lee Thompson took the ultimate selfie... with Jesus.

A friend of Thompson's managed to convince Brazil's tourist board to let them climb on top of the 124-ft tall Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro during repairs.

"As I popped my head out of the hole in Jesus' crown, I was in total and utter awe as my eyes met with a vast panorama that quite literally took my breath away," Thompson wrote on his blog.

Lee Thompson stands on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The climb up 12 flights of stairs took about 20 minutes, he wrote.