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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STUNNING SUMATRAN TIGER CAUSES A SPLASH
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SO ALLERGIC TO WATER I CAN'T EVEN KISS MY FIANCE
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DOTING SEAL TICKLES HER PUP
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WOMAN SAYS EATING BUBBLES WHILE PREGNANT WAS BETTER THAN SEX
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HUNGRY TURTLE ATTRACTS AN AUDIENCE
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SEXY WEIGHTLIFTER LOSES 12ST AFTER SWAPPING BISCUITS FOR BICEPS
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POOCHES POSE IN THEIR ELABORATE HEADSCARF COLLECTION
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