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
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
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 .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .