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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A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .
A student has finally hit puberty after a four year battle against anorexia stunted his growth .
A former takeaway addict, who once weighed 20st, has lost over 8st in a bid to ditch her ‘fat sister’ tag .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .