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
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .