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
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .