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.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .