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.
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
