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.
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .