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 lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
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 .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .