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.
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .