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
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
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A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .