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.
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .