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 northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .