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 A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .