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
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
