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.
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THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
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WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
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A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
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