From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

A soldier who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan has found love with a blonde bombshell he met through his newfound passion for rally driving .

An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .

A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .