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 Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
