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.
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
