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 in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .