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.
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .