Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

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Everything is interconnected.
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Totes les coses estan interconnectades.
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As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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Panathinaiko com a persona, em va arribar a conèixer la veritat
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We are a small fishing tribe
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Som una petita tribu de pescadors
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situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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Long Island es troba a la cantonada sud-est
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near the town of Southampton in New York.
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Southampton a prop de la ciutat de Nova York
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When I was a little girl,
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Quan era una nena
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my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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El meu avi em va portar a un estiu calent assegut al sol
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There were no clouds in the sky.
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Cel sense núvols
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And after a while I began to perspire.
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Després d'un temps, vaig començar a suar
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And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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Avi que apunta cap amunt cel, va dir:
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"Look, do you see that?
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"Mira, veus això?
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That's part of you up there.
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Hi ha una part de tu
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That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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És la teva aigua el que ajuda a fer el núvol
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that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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És la seva suor per convertir-se en un núvol de pluja per regar les plantes
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that feeds the animals."
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Els animals Alimentació“
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In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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Estic constantment a la natura per explorar les substàncies
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that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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que té la capacitat d'il. lustrar la interconnexió de tota la vida,
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I started storm chasing in 2008
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vaig començar a perseguir tempestes el 2008
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after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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després que la meva filla digués, "Mama, hauries de fer això."
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And so three days later, driving very fast,
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I així, tres dies més tard, conduint molt de pressa,
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I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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em vaig trobar mirant un sol tipus de núvols gegants anomenats la cèl·lula súper,
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capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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capaços de produir calamarsa de la mida d'una taronja
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and spectacular tornadoes,
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i tornados espectaculars,
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although only two percent actually do.
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encara que només se'n fan realment un dos per cent.
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These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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Aquests núvols poden créixer molt, fins a 50 milles d'ample
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and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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i arribar als 65.000 metres a l'atmosfera.
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They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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Poden créixer tant, tapant tota la llum del dia,
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making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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fent que sota d'ells s'estigui fosc i ominós.
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Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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Perseguir tempestes és una experiència molt agradable.
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There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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Hi ha un vent càlid i humit que bufa a la teva esquena
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and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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i l'olor de la terra, el blat, l'herba, les partícules carregades.
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And then there are the colors in the clouds
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I després hi ha els colors dels núvols
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of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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de calamarsa formant-se, els verds i blaus turqueses.
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I've learned to respect the lightning.
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He après a respectar el llamp.
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My hair used to be straight.
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El meu cabell era llis.
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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I'm just kidding.
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Només estic fent broma.
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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What really excites me about these storms
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El que realment m'excita sobre aquestes tempestes
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is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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és el seu moviment, la manera com giren i s'ondulen,
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with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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amb els núvols de llum com de lava.
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They become lovely monsters.
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Es converteixen en monstres encantadors.
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When I'm photographing them,
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Quan els estic fotografiant,
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I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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no puc evitar recordar la lliçó del meu avi.
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As I stand under them,
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Com estava sota d'ells,
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I see not just a cloud,
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No només veig un núvol,
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but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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sinó que entenc que el que tinc el privilegi de presenciar
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is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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són les mateixes forces, el mateix procés en una versió de petita escala
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that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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que van ajudar a crear la nostra galàxia, el nostre sistema solar, el sol
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and even this very planet.
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i fins i tot aquest mateix planeta.
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All my relations. Thank you.
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Totes les meves relacions. Gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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