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.
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .