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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .