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
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .