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.
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
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A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .