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.
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .