An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert. Surrounded by vast desert and distant snow topped mountains, the enormous satellite dishes, dome-shaped buildings and telescopes are run by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) , an intergovernmental body dedicated to observing space. Photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza was granted access to several observatory sites.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake.
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga.
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps.
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid.
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community.
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience.
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine.
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths.
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail.