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
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .