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.
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .