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.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
