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.
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
