Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

209,584 views ใƒป 2013-06-21

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ืื ื ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ืœืžื˜ื” ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ.

00:00
Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha
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ืžืชืจื’ื: Reuma Eshet ืžื‘ืงืจ: Ido Dekkers
00:12
Everything is interconnected.
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ื”ื›ืœ ืžื—ื•ื‘ืจ.
00:16
As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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ื›ืื™ื ื“ื™ืื ื™ืช ืžืฉื‘ื˜ ื”ืฉื™ื ืงื•ืง, ืœื™ืžื“ื• ืื•ืชื™ ืืช ื–ื” ืžื™ืœื“ื•ืช.
00:19
We are a small fishing tribe
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ืื ื—ื ื• ืฉื‘ื˜ ืงื˜ืŸ ืฉืœ ื“ื™ื™ื’ื™ื
00:21
situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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ื”ืžืžื•ืงื ื‘ืงืฆื” ื”ื“ืจื•ื ืžื–ืจื—ื™ ืฉืœ ืœื•ื ื’ ืื™ื™ืœื ื“
00:24
near the town of Southampton in New York.
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ืœื™ื“ ืกืื•ืช'ื”ืžืคื˜ื•ืŸ ื‘ื ื™ื• ื™ื•ืจืง.
00:27
When I was a little girl,
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ื›ืฉื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ื™ืœื“ื” ืงื˜ื ื”,
00:30
my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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ืกื‘ื ืฉืœื™ ืœืงื— ืื•ืชื™ ื•ื™ืฉื‘ ืื™ืชื™ ื‘ื—ื•ืฅ ื‘ืฉืžืฉ ื‘ื™ืžื™ ื”ืงื™ืฅ.
00:35
There were no clouds in the sky.
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ืœื ื”ื™ื• ืขื ื ื™ื ื‘ืฉืžื™ื.
00:39
And after a while I began to perspire.
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ื•ืื—ืจื™ ื–ืžืŸ ืžื” ื”ืชื—ืœืชื™ ืœื”ื–ื™ืข.
00:42
And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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ื”ื•ื ื”ืฆื‘ื™ืข ืœืžืขืœื” ืœืฉืžื™ื ื•ืืžืจ:
00:45
"Look, do you see that?
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ืชืจืื™, ืืช ืจื•ืื” ืืช ื–ื”?
00:48
That's part of you up there.
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ื–ื” ื—ืœืง ืžืžืš ืฉื ืœืžืขืœื”.
00:50
That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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ืืœื• ื”ืžื™ื ืฉืœืš ืฉืขื•ื–ืจื™ื ืœื™ืฆื•ืจ ืืช ื”ืขื ื ื™ื
00:53
that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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ื•ื”ืขื ื ื™ื ื”ื•ืคื›ื™ื ืœื’ืฉื ืฉืžืจื•ื•ื” ืืช ื”ืฆืžื—ื™ื
00:58
that feeds the animals."
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ืฉืžืื›ื™ืœื™ื ืืช ื”ื—ื™ื•ืช.
01:01
In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ื”ืžืชืžืฉื›ื™ื ืฉืœื™ ืฉืœ ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ื‘ื˜ื‘ืข
01:04
that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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ืฉื™ืฉ ืœื”ื ืืช ื”ื™ื›ื•ืœืช ืœื”ื“ื’ื™ื ืืช ื”ืงืฉืจ ื‘ื™ืŸ ื›ืœ ื”ื™ืฆื•ืจื™ื ื”ื—ื™ื™ื,
01:09
I started storm chasing in 2008
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ื”ืชื—ืœืชื™ ืœืจื“ื•ืฃ ืื—ืจื™ ืกืขืจื•ืช ื‘ืฉื ืช 2008
01:12
after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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ืื—ืจื™ ืฉื”ื‘ืช ืฉืœื™ ืืžืจื” ืœื™, "ืืžื, ืืช ืฆืจื™ื›ื” ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืืช ื–ื”."
01:15
And so three days later, driving very fast,
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ื•ื›ืš, ืœืื—ืจ ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ื™ืžื™ื, ื‘ื ื”ื™ื’ื” ืžื”ื™ืจื” ืžืื•ื“,
01:22
I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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ืžืฆืืชื™ ืืช ืขืฆืžื™ ืขื•ืงื‘ืช ืื—ืจื™ ืกื•ื’ ืื—ื“ ืฉืœ ืขื ืŸ ืขื ืง ื”ื ืงืจื ืกื•ืคืจ ืชื,
01:29
capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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ื”ืžืกื•ื’ืœ ืœื”ืคื™ืง ื‘ืจื“ ื‘ื’ื•ื“ืœ ืฉืœ ืืฉื›ื•ืœื™ื•ืช
01:33
and spectacular tornadoes,
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ื•ืกื•ืคื•ืช ื˜ื•ืจื ื“ื• ืžื“ื”ื™ืžื•ืช,
01:35
although only two percent actually do.
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ืœืžืจื•ืช ืฉืจืง 2 ืื—ื•ื–ื™ื ืžื”ืขื ื ื™ื ื”ืืœื” ื‘ืืžืช ืžืžืฉื™ื ืืช ื”ืคื•ื˜ื ืฆื™ืืœ ื”ื–ื”.
01:42
These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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ื”ืขื ื ื™ื ื”ืืœื” ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื ืœื”ื’ื™ืข ืœื’ื“ืœื™ื ืขืฆื•ืžื™ื, ืœืจื•ื—ื‘ ืฉืœ ืขื“ 80 ืงื™ืœื•ืžื˜ืจื™ื
01:47
and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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ื•ืœื”ื’ื™ืข ืœื’ื•ื‘ื” ืฉืœ 19.8 ืงื™ืœื•ืžื˜ืจื™ื.
01:51
They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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ื”ื ื™ื›ื•ืœื™ื ืœื”ื’ื™ืข ืœื’ื•ื“ืœ ืขืฆื•ื ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืฉื”ื ื—ื•ืกืžื™ื ืืช ืื•ืจ ื”ื™ื•ื,
01:53
making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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ืžื” ืฉื™ื•ืฆืจ ืื•ื•ื™ืจื” ื—ืฉื•ื›ื” ื•ืžื ื‘ืืช ืืกื•ืŸ ืœืžื™ ืฉืขื•ืžื“ ืžืชื—ืช ืœื”ื.
01:58
Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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ืจื“ื™ืคืช ืกืขืจื•ืช ื”ื™ื ื—ื•ื•ื™ื” ืžื•ื—ืฉื™ืช ืžืื•ื“.
02:01
There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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ื™ืฉ ืจื•ื— ื—ืžื” ื•ืœื—ื” ื”ื ื•ืฉืคืช ื‘ืขื•ืจืคืš
02:05
and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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ื•ืจื™ื— ื”ืื“ืžื”, ื”ื—ื™ื˜ื”, ื”ืขืฉื‘, ื”ื—ืœืงื™ืงื™ื ื”ื˜ืขื•ื ื™ื.
02:12
And then there are the colors in the clouds
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ื•ืื– ื™ืฉ ืืช ื”ืฆื‘ืขื™ื ื‘ืขื ื ื™ื
02:16
of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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ื”ื™ืจื•ืง ื”ื˜ื•ืจืงื™ื– ื•ื”ื›ื—ื•ืœ ืฉืœ ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ื”ื‘ืจื“.
02:21
I've learned to respect the lightning.
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ืœืžื“ืชื™ ืœื›ื‘ื“ ืืช ื”ื‘ืจืงื™ื.
02:24
My hair used to be straight.
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ื”ืฉื™ืขืจ ืฉืœื™ ื”ื™ื” ืคืขื ื—ืœืง.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(ืฆื—ื•ืง)
02:28
I'm just kidding.
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ืกืชื, ืฆื—ืงืชื™.
02:29
(Laughter)
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(ืฆื—ื•ืง)
02:31
What really excites me about these storms
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ืžื” ืฉื‘ืืžืช ืจื™ื’ืฉ ืื•ืชื™ ื‘ืกืขืจื•ืช ื”ืืœื”
02:35
is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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ื”ื™ื” ื”ืชื ื•ืขื” ืฉืœื”ืŸ, ืื™ืš ืฉื”ืŸ ืžืกืชื•ื‘ื‘ื•ืช ื•ื ื”ื™ื•ืช ืกืคื™ืจืœื™ื•ืช ื•ื’ืœื™ื•ืช,
02:39
with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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ืขื ืขื ื ื™ ื”ืขื ืง ื“ืžื•ื™ื™ ื ื•ืจืช ื”ืœื‘ื” ืฉืœื”ืŸ.
02:43
They become lovely monsters.
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ื”ืŸ ื ื”ืคื›ื•ืช ืœืžืคืœืฆื•ืช ื ื”ื“ืจื•ืช.
02:46
When I'm photographing them,
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ื›ืฉืื ื™ ืžืฆืœืžืช ืื•ืชืŸ,
02:48
I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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ืื™ื ื™ ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืฉืœื ืœื”ื™ื–ื›ืจ ื‘ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ ืฉืœื™ืžื“ ืื•ืชื™ ืกื‘ื™.
02:52
As I stand under them,
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ื›ืฉืื ื™ ืขื•ืžื“ืช ืžืชื—ืชืŸ,
02:54
I see not just a cloud,
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ืื ื™ ืจื•ืื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ืžืกืชื ืขื ืŸ,
02:56
but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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ืื ื™ ืžื‘ื™ื ื” ืฉืžื” ืฉื™ืฉ ืœื™ ื”ื–ื›ื•ืช ืœืฆืคื•ืช ื‘ื•
02:59
is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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ื–ื” ืื•ืชื ื”ื›ื•ื—ื•ืช, ืื•ืชื ื”ืชื”ืœื™ื›ื™ื ื‘ื’ืจืกื ืžื•ืงื˜ื ืช
03:03
that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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ืฉืขื–ืจื• ื‘ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ื”ื’ืœืงืกื™ื” ืฉืœื ื•, ืžืขืจื›ืช ื”ืฉืžืฉ ืฉืœื ื•, ื”ืฉืžืฉ ืฉืœื ื•
03:10
and even this very planet.
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ื•ืืคื™ืœื• ื›ื•ื›ื‘ ื”ืœื›ืช ื”ื–ื”.
03:14
All my relations. Thank you.
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ื›ืœ ืžืขืจื›ื•ืช ื”ื™ื—ืกื™ื ืฉืœื™. ืชื•ื“ื” ืœื›ื.
03:17
(Applause)
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(ืžื—ื™ืื•ืช ื›ืคื™ื™ื)
ืขืœ ืืชืจ ื–ื”

ืืชืจ ื–ื” ื™ืฆื™ื’ ื‘ืคื ื™ื›ื ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ YouTube ื”ืžื•ืขื™ืœื™ื ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช. ืชื•ื›ืœื• ืœืจืื•ืช ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืขื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื•ืจื™ื ืžื”ืฉื•ืจื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ืžืจื—ื‘ื™ ื”ืขื•ืœื. ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ื•ืช ื‘ื›ืœ ื“ืฃ ื•ื™ื“ืื• ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ืžืฉื. ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื’ื•ืœืœื•ืช ื‘ืกื ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืขื ื”ืคืขืœืช ื”ื•ื•ื™ื“ืื•. ืื ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืขืจื•ืช ืื• ื‘ืงืฉื•ืช, ืื ื ืฆื•ืจ ืื™ืชื ื• ืงืฉืจ ื‘ืืžืฆืขื•ืช ื˜ื•ืคืก ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ืงืฉืจ ื–ื”.

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