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.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
