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
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .