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
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .