Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Ivana Korom

Everything is interconnected.

Sve je povezano.

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

Kao Indijanku iz plemena Šinekok, odgajali su me sa ovim na umu.

We are a small fishing tribe

Mi smo malo ribarsko pleme

situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island

sa jugoistočnog vrha Long Ajlenda

near the town of Southampton in New York.

blizu grada Sauthemptona u Njujorku.

When I was a little girl,

Kada sam bila mala,

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

deda me je vodio da sedim na suncu na toplom letnjem danu.

There were no clouds in the sky.

Na nebu nije bilo oblaka.

And after a while I began to perspire.

Nakon nekog vremena počela bih da se znojim.

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

A on bi pokazao na nebo i rekao:

"Look, do you see that?

"Gledaj, vidiš li to?

That's part of you up there.

To tamo je deo tebe.

That's your water that helps to make the cloud

To je tvoja voda koja pomaže da se stvori oblak

that becomes the rain that feeds the plants

koji postaje kiša koja hrani biljke

that feeds the animals."

koje hrane životinje."

In my continued exploration of subjects in nature

U mom trajnom istraživanju predmeta u prirodi

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

koji imaju sposobnost ilustrovanja povezanosti svega živog,

I started storm chasing in 2008

počela sam da jurim oluje 2008.,

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

nakon što je moja ćerka rekla: "Mama, trebalo bi to da uradiš."

And so three days later, driving very fast,

Tri dana kasnije, vozeći veoma brzo,

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

našla sam se kako uhodim posebnu vrstu ogromnog oblaka koji se zove superćelija

capable of producing grapefruit-size hail

i koji je sposoban da stvori grad veličine grejpfruta

and spectacular tornadoes,

i spektakularne tornade,

although only two percent actually do.

iako to radi zapravo samo dva procenta.

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

Ovi oblaci mogu toliko da porastu, do 80km u širinu

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

i da dostignu visine do 19km u atmosferi.

They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,

Mogu da porastu toliko da blokiraju svu svetlost

making it very dark and ominous standing under them.

čineći stajanje ispod njih veoma mračnim i pretećim.

Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.

Jurenje za olujama je veoma čulno iskustvo.

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

U leđa vam duva topao, vlažan vetar

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

i osetite miris zemlje, pšenice, trave, naelektrisanih čestica.

And then there are the colors in the clouds

A tu su i boje u oblacima

of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.

kada se stvara grad, zelene i tirkizno plave.

I've learned to respect the lightning.

Naučila sam da poštujem munje.

My hair used to be straight.

Moja kosa je nekad bila ravna.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I'm just kidding.

Samo se šalim.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

What really excites me about these storms

Kod ovih oluja me zaista uzbuđuje

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

njihovo kretanje, način na koji se uvijaju, okreću i talasaju se,

with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.

sa njihovim mamatus oblacima, nalik lava-lampama.

They become lovely monsters.

Postaju divna čudovišta.

When I'm photographing them,

Kada ih fotografišem,

I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.

ne mogu da se ne setim lekcije mog dede.

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 razumem da to čemu imam privilegiju da prisustvujem

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

su iste sile, isti procesi manjih razmera

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

koji su pomogli da se stvori naša galaksija, solarni sistem, naše sunce

and even this very planet.

i čak i ova planeta.

All my relations. Thank you.

Svi smo povezani. Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)