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
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .