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.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .