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 group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
