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.
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
