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.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .