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 COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .