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.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
