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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .