A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy. Alessio Andreani, of London, travelled to several spectacular settings, including Durdle Door in Dorset, England and South Stack lighthouse in Holyhead, Wales, where he photographed the Milky Way as it illuminated the scenery below. The 27-year-old, who is originally from Loreto, Italy, says: "When I take photographs of the Milky Way and stare up at all those stars, it reminds me of just how tiny I am......
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .