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 BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .