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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
