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
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .