SPECTACULAR SCENERY AT CHILEAN OBSERVATORIES

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.

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MESMERISING FIELD PATTERNS

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

THE BEAUTIFUL MOSQUE OF COLOURS

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CLOWNFISH OPENS WIDE TO REVEAL A CREEPY INTRUDER

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OLYMPIC ATHLETES LINE UP IN LEGO 2012 AQUATIC CENTRE

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INDONESIAN FLOATING MARKET IS BURSTING WITH COLOUR

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