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 little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .