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
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .