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 may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .