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 SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .