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
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .