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.
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .