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.
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Whether they’re sharing a bath or snuggled up during a nap, a baby and his bulldog buddy make an utterly adorable twosome .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A woman has released pictures of the horrific injuries she suffered when her jealous ex attacked her with a brick .