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
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SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
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An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
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