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 luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
