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 .

In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .

SWOOPING down from the sky, this agitated eagle is looking for a fight .

BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .