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.
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
