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.
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
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 .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .