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
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
