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 fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
Here's a APPY solution that should brighten up a wet weekend away camping - a wood powered stove that also recharges your smartphone .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .