What cameras see that our eyes don't - Bill Shribman

Translator: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Translator: Hafizh Alfarisi Reviewer: Made Pramana

The human eye is one of the most powerful machines

Mata manusia adalah salah satu mesin yang paling hebat di dunia.

on the planet.

It's like a 500 megapixel camera

Mata seperti kamera 500 megapixel yang bisa aktif dalam cahaya terang,

that can run in bright light,

in near darkness,

keremangan, dan bahkan di bawah air, meski tak terlalu baik.

and even under water, though not real well.

It communicates to our brains

Mata memberi informasi ke otak kita tentang begitu banyak hal di dunia.

so much about the world.

Our eyes are how we find partners,

Dengan mata, kita bisa menemukan pasangan, bisa memahami orang di sekitar kita,

how we understand the people around us,

how we read,

bisa membaca, dan bisa melihat acara permainan di TV

and how we watch game shows on TV

where people get knocked into cold water

di mana orang-orang terjatuh ke dalam air karena bola penghancur empuk.

by padded wrecking balls.

Yup, the human eye is pretty neat,

Ya, mata manusia itu memukau dan kita cukup beruntung punya sepasang.

and we're lucky enough to have two of them.

But, there are things that,

Namun ada hal-hal yang meski berusaha diamati,

despite looking really hard,

we still can't quite see.

tetap tidak bisa kita lihat.

For example, you can watch a horse galloping,

Misalnya, kau bisa lihat kuda berlari cepat,

but your eyes can't keep up with its fast-moving hooves

tetapi matamu tak bisa mengikuti gerak cepat kakinya

enough to figure out whether all four feet

untuk menangkap apakah keempat kakinya pernah tidak menapak secara bersamaan.

are ever off the ground simultaneously.

For these types of questions, we need cameras.

Untuk pertanyaan macam ini, kita butuh kamera.

About 150 years ago,

Sekitar 150 tahun lalu, Fotografer Eadweard Muybridge

the photographer Eadweard Muybridge used one

to solve the galloping horse mystery.

memakai kamera untuk memecahkan misteri kuda berlari ini.

Using careful photography,

Lewat jepretan cermat, Muybridge membuktikan

Muybridge proved that at certain points as it gallops,

pada titik tertentu saat berlari, kuda sungguh melayang.

a horse really is flying.

"Look, ma! No hooves!"

“Lihat, Bu! Tak menapak!”

Since then, photography has found its way

Sejak saat itu, fotografi digunakan dalam semua aspek matematika dan sains.

into all aspects of math and science.

It enhances our understanding of a world

Kamera menambah pemahaman kita akan dunia yang kita pikir sudah kita lihat,

we thought we could already see,

but it's one which we really need help

tapi kita membutuhkan kamera untuk melihat dengan lebih baik.

to see a little better.

It's not always a matter of the world

Tidak selalu soal dunia yang bergerak sangat cepat hingga sulit tertangkap mata.

moving by too quickly for our eyes to process.

Sometimes cameras can help us see matter or movements

Terkadang kamera membantu kita melihat objek atau gerakan

that are too small for the naked eye.

yang terlalu kecil bagi mata telanjang.

Botanists use multiple photographs

Ahli botani memakai banyak foto untuk menunjukkan siklus hidup tumbuhan

to show the life cycle of plants

and how flowers turn over the course of a few hours

dan cara bunga berbalik selama beberapa jam untuk mengikuti matahari

to follow the sun in what is called phototropism,

dalam apa yang disebut fototropisme, tumbuh ke arah cahaya.

growing towards the light.

Mathematicians have used photos

Ahli matematika memakai foto untuk melihat letak liukan dan putaran cambuk

to look at where in the twists and turns of a whip

the crack sound comes

yang menghasilkan suara letusan saat cambuk memecah hambatan suara.

when the whip is breaking the sound barrier.

Meteorologists and environmental scientists

Ahli meteorologi dan ilmuwan lingkungan memperlihatkan perkembangan tornado besar

show the growth of major hurricanes

and the recession over the years

dan pengikisan berbagai gletser di dunia selama bertahun-tahun.

of many of the world's glaciers.

Slow-motion film or high-speed photography

Film gerakan lambat atau foto berkecepatan tinggi

have shown us the beating of a hummingbird's wings

menunjukkan kepakan sayap kolibri dan laju peluru melewati targetnya.

and the course of a bullet through its target.

In one project, cadavers,

Dalam sebuah proyek, kadaver-kadaver, yang berarti mayat,

that's dead bodies,

were frozen and sliced into thousands of wafer-thin discs.

dibekukan dan dipotong menjadi ribuan piringan wafer tipis.

The discs were photographed

Piringan-piringan tersebut difoto untuk menghasilkan film animasi

to produced animated movies

that allow a viewer to travel up and down the skeleton,

yang membuat penonton bisa menelusuri rangka,

and into the flesh,

ke dalam daging, tulang-tulang, serta pembuluh darah, dan

and through the bones,

and the veins,

and,

seharusnya kusarankan kau tidak menontonnya saat makan malam.

perhaps I should have suggested

you don't watch this during dinner,

my bad.

Itu salahku.

In classrooms today, the camera,

Di dalam kelas saat ini, kamera terdapat dalam setiap ponsel dan komputer

now present in just about every phone and computer,

allows the youngest scientists

sehingga para ilmuwan muda bisa mengamati dunia di sekitar mereka,

to observe the world around them,

to document it,

untuk mengabadikannya dan membagikan pencarian mereka secara daring.

and to share their findings online.

Whether it's the change of seasons

Baik itu perubahan musim atau pertumbuhan kecambah biji,

or the growth of the germinating seed,

cameras are allowing us to see a beautiful world

kamera mengizinkan kita melihat indahnya dunia melalui mata baru.

through new eyes.