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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .