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.
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .