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.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .