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

相机让我们超越眼睛的极限 - Bill Shribman

Translator: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

翻译人员: Minji Seo 校对人员: Dong Mao

The human eye is one of the most powerful machines

人眼是世界上

on the planet.

最厉害的机器之一

It's like a 500 megapixel camera

就像台 500 万画素的相机

that can run in bright light,

可以在强光下

in near darkness,

抑或近乎黑暗的情况下运作

and even under water, though not real well.

也可以在水中运作 只是效果不太好

It communicates to our brains

它连接着我们的大脑

so much about the world.

让大脑看见世界

Our eyes are how we find partners,

我们的眼睛 让我们找到好伙伴

how we understand the people around us,

了解周围的人

how we read,

帮助我们读书

and how we watch game shows on TV

并享受电视上的综艺节目

where people get knocked into cold water

就是有人会被大球

by padded wrecking balls.

撞到水里的那种

Yup, the human eye is pretty neat,

没错，人类的眼睛酷的很

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

我们很幸运有两颗

But, there are things that,

但是有些东西

despite looking really hard,

即使我们再努力地看

we still can't quite see.

也看不太清的

For example, you can watch a horse galloping,

例如 你看着一只马飞奔

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

但是你的眼睛 跟不上快速奔驰中的马蹄

enough to figure out whether all four feet

所以分不清是否

are ever off the ground simultaneously.

四肢脚会同时离地

For these types of questions, we need cameras.

对于这种问题，我们就需要相机

About 150 years ago,

大约 150 年前

the photographer Eadweard Muybridge used one

摄影师‘埃德沃德．迈布里奇’

to solve the galloping horse mystery.

解答了马匹飞奔的谜题

Using careful photography,

利用精巧的摄影技术

Muybridge proved that at certain points as it gallops,

迈布里奇证实 在某个奔驰的时间点

a horse really is flying.

马匹像是在飞翔

"Look, ma! No hooves!"

“妈，看哪！它的脚没有碰地！”

Since then, photography has found its way

从此之后 摄影就参与在

into all aspects of math and science.

数学和科学领域中

It enhances our understanding of a world

它让我们更了解世界

we thought we could already see,

我们以为我们看得清楚

but it's one which we really need help

但其实我们确实需要帮助

to see a little better.

才能看得更清晰

It's not always a matter of the world

这并不只包含世界上

moving by too quickly for our eyes to process.

快过人眼辨识速度的运动

Sometimes cameras can help us see matter or movements

有时候我们可以借助相机

that are too small for the naked eye.

看肉眼看不见的微小物体和动作

Botanists use multiple photographs

植物学家利用摄影技术

to show the life cycle of plants

来呈现植物的一生

and how flowers turn over the course of a few hours

或是纪录短时间内 花朵追随太阳位置而改变方向

to follow the sun in what is called phototropism,

这被称为“向旋光性”

growing towards the light.

就是朝向光源生长

Mathematicians have used photos

数学家利用影像

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

找出鞭子打破音障时的鞭笞声到底

the crack sound comes

找出鞭子打破音障时的鞭笞声到底

when the whip is breaking the sound barrier.

从鞭子的那一段转折发出

Meteorologists and environmental scientists

气象和环境科学家

show the growth of major hurricanes

呈现出飓风形成的样子

and the recession over the years

和世界上

of many of the world's glaciers.

许多冰河逐渐消退的现象

Slow-motion film or high-speed photography

慢动作影片或高速摄影

have shown us the beating of a hummingbird's wings

呈现出蜂鸟翅膀的拍击

and the course of a bullet through its target.

和子弹贯穿标靶时的路径

In one project, cadavers,

有一份关于尸体的计划

that's dead bodies,

就是将死者的大体

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

冰冻后切成上千块、薄饼厚的切片

The discs were photographed

这些切片被照相纪录

to produced animated movies

以制成动画影片

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

让观众可以在骨头

and into the flesh,

与肌肉间肆意浏览

and through the bones,

并穿过骨骼

and the veins,

and,

进入到血管中

不过

perhaps I should have suggested

或许我要先给个警告

you don't watch this during dinner,

你不会想在晚餐时间看这影片

my bad.

当我没说

In classrooms today, the camera,

现在 在教室中

now present in just about every phone and computer,

相机几乎存在于每台计算机和手机上

allows the youngest scientists

让年轻的科学家们

to observe the world around them,

可以透过它们观察世界

to document it,

并纪录下来

and to share their findings online.

在网络上分享他们的发现

Whether it's the change of seasons

不论是季节交替

or the growth of the germinating seed,

或是种子发芽

cameras are allowing us to see a beautiful world

相机是人类的新眼睛

through new eyes.

让我们一窥世界的美好