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 brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .