From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States. The breath-taking images were taken by Randy P. Martin, 30, of Portland, Oregon, who travelled hundreds of miles across America and documented the most diverse and beautiful settings along the way. For Randy, the past year has seen him undertake countless road trips, navigate his route with maps made from napkins - with the help of Google Earth, walk miles across fields of lava rock and wake at 3am to see sunrise at 14,000 feet
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .