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 Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .