AMAZING AMERICAN LANDSCAPES

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.

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PLAYFUL DOLPHINS SHOW OFF THEIR AQUA AEROBIC SKILLS

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FLYING PENGUINS LEAP OUT OF THE OCEAN

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LOOK, NO HANDS! MAN CONTROLS VEHICLE USING HIS BRAIN

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SPECTACULAR SCENERY AT CHILEAN OBSERVATORIES

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POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO

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ASTOUNDING ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES TAKEN IN GARDEN

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OH DEER: MOMENT DEER CRASHES THROUGH WINDSCREEN OF BUS

With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .

LOVE BIRDS

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THE GREAT ESCAPE

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

MONKEY BUSINESS

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .