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.
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
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 .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
