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
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .