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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
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