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
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
