Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

Translator: Makhlie Esonalieva Reviewer: Madina Juarez

Everything is interconnected.

Hamma narsa bir biriga bog'langan.

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

Men Shinnekokli Hind sifatida, bu so'z bilan ulg'aydim.

We are a small fishing tribe

Bizlar baliq ovlovchi kichik qabilamiz,

situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island

va New Yorkning Southampton shahri yonidagi,

near the town of Southampton in New York.

Long Island orolining janubiy sharqida joylashganmiz.

When I was a little girl,

Yoshligimda, issiq bir yoz kuni bobom bilan tashqarida o'tirgandik.

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

There were no clouds in the sky.

Osmonda hech bulut yo'q edi.

And after a while I began to perspire.

Biroz so'ngra men terlay boshladim.

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

Bobom esa osmonni ko'rsatip, dedi ki,

"Look, do you see that?

"Qara, ko'ryapsanmi?

That's part of you up there.

U sening bir parchang.

That's your water that helps to make the cloud

Sendan chiqqan bug'dan o'sha bulut paydo bo'ladi

that becomes the rain that feeds the plants

va u yomg'irga aylanib o'simliklarning va jonivorlarning chanqog'ini bosadi."

that feeds the animals."

In my continued exploration of subjects in nature

Men hayotta hamma narsaning bir biriga bog'langanligini ko'rsatuvchi

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

tabiat hodisalari ustida tadqiqot yuritishni davom ettirdim,

I started storm chasing in 2008

va 2008-yili to'fonlarni taqib qilishni boshladim,

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

o'shanda qizim menga qarap dedi, "Oyi, siz bu kasb bilan shugullaning."

And so three days later, driving very fast,

Shunday qilip, uch kun so'ngra men mashinamni juda tez haydagan holda

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

super hujayra dep nomlangan bahaybat bir bulutni taqib qilishni boshladim.

capable of producing grapefruit-size hail

Bahaybatligidan greypfrut kabi do'l

and spectacular tornadoes,

va ajoyib quyun hosil qila oladigan bulut turi,

although only two percent actually do.

garchi faqat ikki foizi bunday qiladi.

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

Bu tur bulutlar 50 milyagacha kengaya oladi,

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

va 65000 futgacha (20000ga yaqin metr) atmosferaga erisha oladi.

They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,

Kunduzgi yorug'likni to'sip qoyadigan darajada kattarip,

making it very dark and ominous standing under them.

hammayoqni qorong'ulikka burkab, ostidagilarni dahshatga soladi.

Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.

To'fon taqib qilish sezgirlikni talap qiladi.

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

Orqangizda iliq va nam shamol esishi,

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

tuproq hidi, bug'doy, maysa va boshqa zaryadlangan zarralar.

And then there are the colors in the clouds

So'ngra ranglar paydo bo'ladi bulutlarda,

of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.

do'ldan oldingi yashil va zangori-ko'kish ranglari.

I've learned to respect the lightning.

Men chaqmoqlarni hurmat qilishni o'rgandim.

My hair used to be straight.

Sochim ilgari tep-tekis edi.

(Laughter)

(Qahqaha)

I'm just kidding.

Shunchaki hazillashtim.

(Laughter)

(Qahqaha)

What really excites me about these storms

Meni to'fonlar haqida eng ko'p hayajonlandirgan narsa

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

bu ularning harakati, to'lqinsimon, gir-gir aylanishi, burulishi,

with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.

lavaning dabdurustdan otilishiga o'hshagan haybatli bulutlari.

They become lovely monsters.

Ular sevimli maxluqqa aylanishadi.

When I'm photographing them,

Suratga olish vaqtida,

I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.

bobomning aytgan so'zlarini eslamay qo'yolmayman.

As I stand under them,

Ularning ostida turarkan,

I see not just a cloud,

faqatgina bulutlar emas,

but understand that what I have the privilege to witness

balki ko'rayotganlarim

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

galaktika, quyosh sistemasi, quyosh, va hatto shu sayyoramizning yaratilishining

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

sahnalashtirilgan shakli ekanligiga va men bunga guvoh bo'lish sharafiga

and even this very planet.

musharraf bo'layotganimligimni his qilaman.

All my relations. Thank you.

Tashakkur.

(Applause)

(Olqish)