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 cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .