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
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .