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.
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .