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
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .