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.
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
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 .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .