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.
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .