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.
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
