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.
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
