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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STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
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AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
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 .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .