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
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .