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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WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
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Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .