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 .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
