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
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .