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.
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .