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.
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .