Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

Translator: Iris Xholi Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

Everything is interconnected.

Gjithcka eshte e nderlidhur.

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

Si nje indian Shinnecok, une u rrita me kete ne mendje.

We are a small fishing tribe

Ne jemi nje fis i vogel peshkataresh

situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island

te vendosur ne pjesen juglindore te Long Island

near the town of Southampton in New York.

afer qytetit Southampton te New York-ut.

When I was a little girl,

Kur isha nje vajze e vogel,

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

ne nje dite te nxehte vere, gjyshi me mori te uleshim jashte.

There were no clouds in the sky.

Ne qiell nuk kisha asnje re.

And after a while I began to perspire.

Pasi qendruam ca jashte une nisa te djersij.

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

Ai beri me gisht ne qiell dhe tha,

"Look, do you see that?

"Shiko, a e sheh ate?

That's part of you up there.

Eshte nje pjese e jotja atje lart.

That's your water that helps to make the cloud

Eshte uji yt qe ndihmon ne krijimin e reve

that becomes the rain that feeds the plants

te cilat krijojne shiun qe ushqen bimet

that feeds the animals."

te cilat ushqejne kafshet."

In my continued exploration of subjects in nature

Gjate eksplorimeve te mia te natyres dhe elementeve

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

qe kane aftesine per te demonstruar bashkeveprimin e gjithckaje me jete,

I started storm chasing in 2008

nisa te ndjek stuhite ne 2008

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

pasi ime bije tha, " Mami, ti duhet ta besh kete."

And so three days later, driving very fast,

Si rrjedhoje, tre dite me pas, duke ngare shume shpejt,

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

u gjenda duke ndjekur nga pas nje re gjigande e quajtur qeliza e madhe,

capable of producing grapefruit-size hail

ne gjendje per te prodhuar bresher sa nje kokerr rrushi

and spectacular tornadoes,

dhe tornado te mrekullueshme,

although only two percent actually do.

edhe pse kete te fundit e prodhojne vec 2 perqind e tyre.

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

keto re arrijne te jene 50 milje te gjera

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

dhe me lartesine e 65,000 kembeve ne atmosfere.

They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,

Ato zmadhohen aq shume, sa bllokojne driten e diellit,

making it very dark and ominous standing under them.

dhe te qendruarit poshte tyre nenkupton te qendruarit ne nje vend te erret.

Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.

Ndjekja e stuhive eshte nje eksperience shume e prekshme.

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

Nje ere e ngrohte dhe e lagesht te fryn ne shpine

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

se bashku me aromen e tokes, barit dhe grimcave te ngarkuara.

And then there are the colors in the clouds

Gjithashtu jane edhe ngjyrat e reve

of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.

formimi i bresherit, jeshilja dhe bluja laramane.

I've learned to respect the lightning.

Kam mesuar te respektoj shkrepetimat.

My hair used to be straight.

Floket dikur i kam patur te drejte.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

I'm just kidding.

Bej shaka.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

What really excites me about these storms

Ajo c'ka me intrigon me se tepermi rreth ketyre stuhive

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

eshte levizja e tyre, menyra se si ato perdridhen dhe valezohen,

with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.

me ato forma materne resh.

They become lovely monsters.

Ato kthehen ne monstra te adhurueshme.

When I'm photographing them,

Tek i fotografoj,

I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.

nuk e harroj kurre mesimin e gjyshit.

As I stand under them,

Tek qendroj nen to,

I see not just a cloud,

nuk shoh vetem re,

but understand that what I have the privilege to witness

por kuptoj se ajo cka kam privilegjin te shikoj

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

eshte i njejti proces, te njejtat forca por ne nje version ne miniature

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

qe ndihmoi ne krijimin e galaksise sone, sistemit tone diellor, diellit

and even this very planet.

ashtu si dhe planetin tone.

All my relations. Thank you.

Te gjitha lidhjet e mia. Faleminderit.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)