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.
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
