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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .