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.
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
