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.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .