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.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .