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
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .