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.
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
