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.
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .