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
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .