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
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
