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.
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .