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
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Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .