Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

Prevoditelj: Suzana Baric Recezent: Mladen Barešić

Everything is interconnected.

Sve je međusobno povezano.

Kao Indijanka iz plemena Shinnecock, odgajana sam s tim uvjerenjem.

As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.

We are a small fishing tribe

Mi smo malo ribarsko pleme

situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island

smješteno na jugoistočnom kraju Long Islanda,

near the town of Southampton in New York.

blizu grada Southamptona, država New York.

When I was a little girl,

Kad sam bila djevojčica,

djed me za vrućih ljetnih dana vodio da sjedim vani na suncu.

my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.

There were no clouds in the sky.

Na nebu nije bilo oblaka.

Nakon određenog vremena počela sam se znojiti.

And after a while I began to perspire.

And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,

Pokazao je na nebo i rekao:

"Look, do you see that?

"Gle, vidiš li ono?

That's part of you up there.

Ondje gore je dio tebe.

That's your water that helps to make the cloud

Tvoja voda pomaže stvoriti oblak

that becomes the rain that feeds the plants

koji postaje kiša koja hrani biljke,

a one hrane životinje."

that feeds the animals."

U mojem neprestanom istraživanju stvari u prirodi,

In my continued exploration of subjects in nature

that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,

koje mogu dočarati međusobnu povezanost svega živoga,

I started storm chasing in 2008

2008. godine počela sam loviti oluje

nakon što mi je kći rekla: "Mama, to trebaš raditi!".

after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."

And so three days later, driving very fast,

Tri dana kasnije, vozeći se veoma brzo,

zatekla sam se kako pratim jednu vrstu ogromnog oblaka zvanog superćelijski oblak

I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,

koji može proizvesti tuču veličine grejpa,

capable of producing grapefruit-size hail

and spectacular tornadoes,

i spektakularna tornada,

although only two percent actually do.

iako ih tek 2% doista i proizvede.

Ti oblaci mogu postati veliki, do 80 km širine,

These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide

i dosegnuti do 20 km visine.

and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.

They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,

Mogu postati toliko veliki da zaklanjaju svu dnevnu svjetlost

making it very dark and ominous standing under them.

te je zato pod njima vrlo mračno i zloslutno.

Lov na oluje je vrlo opipljivo iskustvo.

Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.

There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back

Topao i vlažan zrak puše vam u leđa,

and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.

osjećate miris zemlje, žita, trave, nabijene čestice.

And then there are the colors in the clouds

Tu su i boje oblaka

kod nastajanja tuče, zelena i tirkizno plava.

of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.

I've learned to respect the lightning.

Naučila sam poštivati munje.

My hair used to be straight.

Moja kosa je prije bila ravna.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I'm just kidding.

Šalim se.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

What really excites me about these storms

Kod oluja me najviše uzbuđuje

is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,

njihovo kretanje, način na koji se kovitlaju i okreću i valjaju,

with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.

sa svojim okruglastim oblacima, mamatusima.

They become lovely monsters.

Postanu ljupka čudovišta.

When I'm photographing them,

Kad ih slikam,

I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.

ne mogu ne sjetiti se djedove priče.

As I stand under them,

Dok stojim pod njima,

I see not just a cloud,

ne vidim samo oblak,

but understand that what I have the privilege to witness

već razumijem da imam čast svjedočiti

is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version

istim silama, istim procesima u umanjenom obliku,

that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun

koji su pomogli stvoriti našu galaktiku, naš Sunčev sustav, naše Sunce,

pa čak i ovaj naš planet.

and even this very planet.

Sve moje veze. Hvala.

All my relations. Thank you.

(Pljesak)

(Applause)