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 cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile.
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales.
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain.
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud.
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat.
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl.
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth.
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano.
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK.
