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.
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
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A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
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Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
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A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .