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Latest film · 2026
A Mothership Supercell Spins Over Kansas
A time-lapse of a slow-moving 'mothership' supercell storm as it forms near Salina, Kansas and turns across the plains.
Documentary · 4 min · 120K views
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4 min
A Mothership Supercell Spins Over Kansas
2026 · Documentary · 120K views
A time-lapse of a slow-moving 'mothership' supercell storm as it forms near Salina, Kansas and turns across the plains.
2 min
Douglas Arizona Supercell
2026 · Documentary · 28K views
A time-lapse of rotating supercells moving from Mexico into Douglas, Arizona, ending in a blaze of orange sunset light.
12 min
Vorticity 6
2025 · Documentary · 50K views
Two spring storm-chasing seasons across the American plains, from Texas to Montana, captured in sweeping time-lapse: supercells, tornadoes, lightning and sunsets.
12 min
Monsoon 7
2024 · Documentary · 64K views
A sweeping time-lapse film capturing the Arizona monsoon season's lightning, hail and towering dust storms rolling over the desert.
6 min
May 2nd, 2024 // Hawley, Texas Tornado
2024 · Documentary · 14K views
Storm photographer Mike Olbinski races back across Texas to make his closest-ever intercept of a tornado near the town of Hawley.
13 min
Vorticity 5
2023 · Documentary · 151K views
Two years of storm chasing across the American plains distilled into a time-lapse film of towering supercells, lightning and tornadoes.
2 min
Inferno
2022 · Documentary · 64K views
A fiery Arizona sunset collides with severe storms, crashing downbursts and a towering wall of dust in a sweeping time-lapse vignette.
13 min
Níłtsą́
2022 · Documentary · 75K views
Two years of Arizona monsoon chasing condensed into twelve minutes of towering storms, lightning, hail and walls of dust rolling over the desert.
4 min
Haboob: A Decade of Dust
2022 · Documentary · 99K views
A time-lapse compilation of the towering dust storms that have rolled over Arizona across more than a decade of storm chasing.
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5 min
Pulse
2022 · Documentary · 93K views
A black-and-white time-lapse journey through supercells, tornadoes, dust storms and lightning across the American plains and desert.
11 min
Vorticity 4
2021 · Documentary · 124K views
Storm chaser and photographer Mike Olbinski compiles the 2021 season's supercells, tornadoes and hailstorms into a sweeping time-lapse film set to music.
5 min
Shadows in the Sky
2021 · Experimental · 105K views
A black-and-white 8K timelapse of supercells, dust storms, lightning and tornadoes over the American plains, set to a haunting song.
9 min
Monsoon 6
2020 · Documentary · 119K views
Two years of Arizona monsoon season captured in time-lapse: towering storm cells, lightning, microbursts and dust walls rolling over the desert.
8 min
Rainbow Wash Flash Flood
2020 · Documentary · 192K views
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski races to a dry desert wash near Buckeye, Arizona, just as a flash flood comes roaring down it.
10 min
Vorticity 3
2020 · Documentary · 273K views
A timelapse journey through the towering supercells and lightning of a storm-chasing season on the American plains.
5 min
Reverent
2020 · Experimental · 56K views
Black-and-white 8K time-lapses of supercells and lightning over the American plains, set to a song by Bullet & Cass.
8 min
Vorticity 2
2019 · Documentary · 402K views
Two springs of storm chasing condensed into a time-lapse symphony of rotating supercells, shelf clouds, hail and lightning across the American plains.
4 min
Huge Haboob hits Casa Grande and Phoenix
2018 · Documentary · 32K views
Storm chaser Mike Olbinski follows a towering wall of dust as a massive haboob rolls across Arizona toward Casa Grande and Phoenix.
3 min
The Great Haboob Chase on Interstate 8
2018 · Documentary · 21K views
A storm photographer chases Arizona monsoon storms along Interstate 8 and captures a massive wall of dust rolling across the desert.
1 min
The Tescott Tornado
2018 · Documentary · 34K views
Time-lapse footage of a Kansas supercell producing a tornado near Tescott, captured during the 2018 storm-chasing season.
4 min
Breathe
2018 · Documentary · 115K views
Towering supercells, dust storms and lightning roll across the American plains in an 8K time-lapse set to a haunting electronic track.
Vimeo Staff Pick
8 min
Monsoon IV
2017 · Documentary · 974K views
A season of storm chasing in Arizona and beyond, condensed into sweeping time-lapses of hail cores, shelf clouds and dust storms over the desert.
Vimeo Staff Pick
8 min
Pursuit
2017 · Documentary · 2.7M views
A storm photographer's time-lapse record of a hard chasing season, capturing supercells, tornadoes, hail and lightning across the plains.
1 min
Undulatus Asperatus Sunset
2017 · Documentary · 332K views
A time-lapse of rare undulatus asperatus clouds rolling over North Dakota at sunset during a storm chase.
4 min
Mist and Water: A Lost//Discovered Film
2017 · Documentary · 19K views
Photographer friends roam Oregon by RV, capturing misty coastlines, waterfalls and mountains in time-lapse and drone footage.
Vimeo Staff Pick
9 min
Monsoon V
2016 · Documentary · 259K views
Time-lapse footage of Arizona's monsoon season captures towering storms, lightning, hail and dust walls rolling across the desert.
Vimeo Staff Pick
8 min
Monsoon III
2016 · Documentary · 257K views
A timelapse film capturing a season of monsoon storms, lightning and dust walls across the Arizona desert.
Vimeo Staff Pick
6 min
Vorticity
2016 · Documentary · 405K views
A season of storm chasing condensed into breathtaking time-lapse footage of supercells, tornadoes and towering clouds.
Vimeo Staff Pick
6 min
The Chase
2015 · Documentary · 308K views
Storm photographer Mike Olbinski's timelapse film captures towering supercells, tornadoes and shelf clouds across the American Plains.
Vimeo Staff Pick
10 min
Monsoon
2014 · Documentary · 958K views
A sweeping timelapse of Arizona's monsoon season, capturing lightning, towering storms and dust walls rolling across the desert.
Vimeo Staff Pick
2 min
Booker, TX Supercell
2013 · Documentary · 24K views
A massive rotating supercell churns over the Texas panhandle in a stunning time-lapse captured by a storm chaser in June 2013.
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