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.
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .