This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain. From Death Valley National Park in California to Mount Saint Helens in Washington, these stunning photos were taken by Ryan Dyar, of Seattle, Washington. The 30-year-old photographer has travelled coast to coast across America, capturing the natural beauty of the country along the way. He says, 'I try to bring three a dimensional sense of life to a two dimensional medium – almost as if you could walk into the frame.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
