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
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
