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.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .