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
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
