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 BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .