Fledgling low pressure forming downwind of the Rockies spun up a towering thunderstorm so imposing that the footage almost seems fake – as if from a sci-fi movie or another planet.

Spectacular cannot even describe the time lapse video from this spinning supercell storm that blossomed in eastern Wyoming Sunday evening, near Newcastle.

Video by BasehuntersChasing on YouTube

Here’s a still shot of the storm:

Capital Weather Gang’s Ian Livingston and his chase partners Mark Ellinwood and James Hyde, on a two-week storm chasing vacation, also captured phenomenal photos of this incredible storm.

Horses in the bottom right were running away from the storm. Not too long after hail started falling. pic.twitter.com/TnMcObMEWv — Mark Ellinwood (@markellinwood) May 19, 2014

Here are a few more images Ian snapped:

Storm SW of Newcastle WY. Tossing hail at us now pic.twitter.com/1LwlTKwiLu — Ian Livingston (@islivingston) May 18, 2014

Storm SW of Newcastle a little ragged. May be cycling. pic.twitter.com/xX25r2dHh3 — Ian Livingston (@islivingston) May 19, 2014

Great view of the storm updraft pic.twitter.com/gMZB1IsaBG — Ian Livingston (@islivingston) May 19, 2014

Sunday was Ian’s first full day of chasing. I’d say he got off to a good start…