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 middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
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 .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
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