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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OWLS ARE MASTERS OF DISGUISE IN INDIAN FOREST
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SLEEPING BEAUTIES
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COLOURFUL KINGFISHERS DIVE FOR THEIR DINNER
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MOST DANGEROUS ROAD IN THE WORLD
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE
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AMAZING LANDSCAPES
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
WOMAN OVERCOMES THIGH GAP OBSESSION AND BEATS ANOREXIA
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MAN AND TOY PIG SEARCH WORLD FOR MISSING CUDDLY COMPANION
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