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
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .