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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
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 .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
