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.
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .