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.
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .