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 slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
