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.
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .