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
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
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 .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
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 .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .