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 lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .