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
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .