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 .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .