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.
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STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
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A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
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This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .