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
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
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BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
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WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
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SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .