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.
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .