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.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
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 .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .