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
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .