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
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .