24 hours on Earth -- in one image | Stephen Wilkes

Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Ivana Krivokuca

Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways,

Priroda se razotkriva pred nama na jedinstvene načine,

if we stop and look at the world through a window of time.

ako zastanemo i pogledamo svet kroz vremenski okvir.

Over the last decade,

Tokom prošle decenije,

I've observed endangered species and habitats around the world,

posmatrao sam ugrožene vrste i staništa širom sveta,

using a photographic technique that captures the passage of time,

koristeći fotografsku tehniku koja hvata protok vremena,

literally from day to night,

bukvalno iz dana u noć,

all within a single image.

sve u samo jednoj slici.

It has allowed me to witness

Na taj način sam bio svedok

the fleeting moments between wildlife and the natural habitat

neuhvatljivih trenutaka između divljači i prirodnih staništa

as time changes over the course of a single day.

dok vreme prolazi tokom samo jednog dana.

In the Serengeti, during a five-week drought,

U Serengetiju, tokom petonedeljne suše,

I discovered a watering hole and watched, for 26 hours,

otkrio sam pojilo i posmatrao tokom 26 sati

diverse and competitive wildlife

raznolik i konkurentan svet divljih životinja

calmly share our planet's most precious resource:

kako mirno deli najdragoceniji resurs naše planete:

water.

vodu.

On Lake Bogoria in Kenya, I photographed the great migration of flamingos.

Na jezeru Bogorija u Keniji, fotografisao sam veliku migraciju flamingosa.

This happens normally during the peak of dry season,

Ovo se obično dešava u zenitu sezone suše,

but climate change has created evening thunderstorms,

ali klimatske promene su uzrokovale večernje oluje,

turning normally dry hills green

pretvarajući inače sparušena brda u zelenilo

and creating freshwater streams in which the flamingos joyously bathe.

i stvarajući potoke slatke vode u kojima se flamingosi s uživanjem kupaju.

Our planet is changing before our eyes.

Naša planeta se menja pred našim očima.

But to witness that change

Međutim, biti svedok te promene

is also to witness the remarkable relationships between all of nature,

je isto što i biti svedok izvanrednih veza celokupne prirode,

to see the infinite beauty of it,

videti beskrajnu lepotu svega toga,

to learn how much bigger than us it is

spoznati koliko je sve to veće od nas

and why it is worth fighting for.

i zašto je vredno borbe.

In 2019, the Greenland ice sheet was experiencing its largest melt

Godine 2019, ledeni sloj na Grenlandu je doživljavao najveće otapanje

in recorded history:

u zabeleženoj istoriji:

200 billion tons of ice liquified into the ocean.

200 milijardi tona leda se istopilo u okean.

When glacial ice melts,

Kada se glečerski led topi,

caving icebergs release sediments and particles into the seawater,

ispucali ledeni bregovi otpuštaju talog i čestice u morsku vodu,

initiating our ocean's food chain.

pokrećući lanac ishrane u okeanu.

Plankton feed on the sediment,

Planktoni se hrane talogom,

krill eat plankton,

kril jede planktone,

and the humpback whales feed on the krill.

a grbavi kit se hrani krilom.

This photograph is the result of witnessing with my camera

Ova fotografija je rezultat svedočanstva moje kamere

a 36-hour feast by humpback whales.

36-očasovnoj gozbi grbavih kitova.

We assume that the greatest threat of glacial melt

Pretpostavljamo da će najveća opasnost topljenja glečera

will be sea level rise,

biti porast nivoa mora,

which will certainly have major impacts on coastlines

što će zasigurno da ima veliki uticaj na priobalje

and populations around the world.

i populacije širom sveta.

But within this image,

Međutim, na ovoj slici,

we discover that perhaps the greatest threat from glacial melt

otkrivamo da bi možda najveća opasnost otapanja glečera

might be our ocean's ability to feed itself.

mogla da bude sposobnost okeana da prehrani samog sebe.

Without ice,

Bez leda,

the ocean food chain may break.

lanac ishrane u okeanu bi mogao da se prekine.

Creating this photograph opened my consciousness.

Pravljenje ove fotografije mi je proširilo svest.

I hope through your willingness to look and see,

Nadam se da će se uz vašu spremnost da pogledate i vidite,

it may open yours.

možda i vama desiti isto.