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.
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .