SPECTACULAR SCENERY AT CHILEAN OBSERVATORIES

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.

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CATERPILLAR KISS

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HIS BAIT WAS SEALED

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VIBRANT WOODPECKER FEEDS HER YOUNG

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WHEELCHAIR BASEJUMPER

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UNIQUE TREEHOUSES: A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS

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LIQUID SCULPTURES

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INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF INDIANS

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

DIVERS EXPLORE UNDERWATER CANYON WITH 100M VISIBILITY

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VIBRANT TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS CAPTURE BLOSSOMING FLOWERS

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