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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .