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
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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 .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .