This Photographer Has Captured Stunning Images Of America’s Most Intense Storms From An Extraordinarily Close Perspective

These stunning images capture some of America’s most intense storms from an extraordinarily close perspective. They showcase the power of Mother Nature with terrifying tornadoes, supercells and lightning. Storm-chaser Maximilian Conrad of Germany captured the images while on a “chase-cation” with friends in the U.S. Together with pals Dennis, Lars and Heiko, Max chased ferocious storms across Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas in search of the perfect shot.

A panoramic view of the almost stationary supercell. Woodward, Oklahoma on May 24, 2016.

Mammatus clouds at sunset, west of Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016.

A high precipitation supercell just north of Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016.

A supercell strengthening. Woodward, Oklahoma on May 24, 2016.

A view from the road while escaping to the south, Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016.

A beautiful stationary supercell the lighting illuminates the sky, Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)

The setting sun below the wall cloud together with a lightning bolt. Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016.

Upward lightning appears in the weakening supercell in Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016.

A colorful mammatus cloud display while a storm is spinning round and round north of Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016.

A tornado storm is rolling over the town of Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016.

A fully developed high precipitation supercell just north of Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016.

Amazing light and very intense updraft of a fresh storm, south of the Dodge City, Kansas supercell. A tornado is still spinning out of the low hanging wall cloud on May 25, 2016.