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 .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .

FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

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 .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .