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
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .