SPECTACULAR SCENERY AT CHILEAN OBSERVATORIES
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.
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PELICANS CLASH OVER FOOD
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CRICKET FINDS AN UNUSUAL SEAT
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BABY GIVEN THREE PER CENT CHANCE OF LIFE COMES HOME FOR FIRST TIME
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1940’S PHOTOSHOPPING MACHINE
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
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AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN THE WOODS
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