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.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .