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
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .