Call him a daredevil or insane, Mike Mezeul II, 30, has traveled all over the US to shoot the likes of enormous thunderstorms and bizarre cloud patterns. He has weathered some of America’s most violent storms to capture these stunning photographs.

Mike Mezeul II is from Frisco, Texas, USA, who adopted this storm chasing interest as soon as he got his first car at the age of 16. His stunning photographic collection is a fruit of some 15 years of relentless photography and thousands of miles of travel.

Mike waiting for the storm at Cheyenne, Wyoming, June 2014.

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A severe thunderstorm lights up from inter-cloud lightning over Graham, Texas on April 2014.

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Mammatus clouds glow various colors over a dirt road in Friona, Texas during a severe thunderstorm in May, 2014.

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A storm circles in Courtney, Oklahoma, April 2014.

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The waves and clouds reflect each other at Lake Lewisville, Lewisville, Texas on March 2013.

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A cloud-to-ground lightning bolt strikes over Albany, Texas as the Milky Way shines above, May 2011.

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Mike running toward the tornado in Chickasha, Oklahoma on May 2011.

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A storm brewing over fields in Ringling, Oklahoma on April 2014.

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Thunder and lightning strike over Denton, Texas, June 2012.

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Mike capturing the storm in Big Spring, Texas on May 2014.

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Multiple cloud-to-ground lightning bolts strike down at sunset from a supercell near Throckmorton, Texas on April, 2014.

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A tornado gathers energy in Blanchard, Oklahoma on May 2011.

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A tornado gathers energy in BA double rainbow vibrantly glows over Wheatland, Wyoming in June 2014 as hail falls from a supercell thunderstorm.

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