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.
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .