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.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .