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.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Here's a APPY solution that should brighten up a wet weekend away camping - a wood powered stove that also recharges your smartphone .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .