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.
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
