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.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .