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
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
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ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
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Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
