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. Here: A panoramic view of the almost stationary supercell. Woodward, Oklahoma on May 24, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





Mammatus clouds at sunset, west of Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





A high precipitation supercell just north of Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





A supercell strengthening. Woodward, Oklahoma on May 24, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





A view from the road while escaping to the south, Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





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. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





Upward lightning appears in the weakening supercell in Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





A colorful mammatus cloud display while a storm is spinning round and round north of Leoti, Kansas on May 22, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





A tornado storm is rolling over the town of Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





A fully developed high precipitation supercell just north of Stratford, Texas on May 17, 2016. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)





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. (Photo by Maximilian Conrad/Caters News)