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 .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
