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.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .