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
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .