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.
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
