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
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .