Last week, National Geographic announced the winners of their 2015 photo contest, crowning a photo entitled “Dirt,” which showed a massive tornado touching down in Simla last summer, the winner. To get a behind-the-scenes look of the storm at the center of the picture, check out this mesmerizing time-lapse video:

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