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.
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .