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.
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .