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
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .