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.
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
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 .