Hidden miracles of the natural world | Louie Schwartzberg

翻译人员: Neoh Yi Yuan 校对人员: Rong Han

What is the intersection between technology, art and science?

工艺、艺术、科学的交汇处在哪里？

Curiosity and wonder,

好奇与思索，

because it drives us to explore,

因为它让我们有探索的动力，

because we're surrounded by things we can't see.

因为我们周遭充满着看不到的东西。

And I love to use film to take us on a journey

我乐于用电影的方式

带给大家一段穿越时空的旅程，

through portals of time and space,

to make the invisible visible,

使那不能见的，成为能见的。

because what that does,

因为它会

it expands our horizons,

开阔我们的视野，

it transforms our perception,

改变我们的观点，

it opens our minds

拓宽我们的胸襟，

and it touches our heart.

触动我们的心弦。

So here are some scenes from my 3D IMAX film,

以下这些片段来自我的3D IMAX电影

"Mysteries of the Unseen World."

《不见领域的奥秘》。

(音乐)

(Music)

（“极慢”）

There is movement which is too slow for our eyes to detect,

自然界的一些活动

慢到我们肉眼无法觉察到。

and time lapse makes us discover

延时摄像技术让我们探索、

and broaden our perspective of life.

拓宽我们对生命的领悟。

We can see how organisms emerge and grow,

我们看到生命体如何成型、生长

我们看到藤蔓生如何从森林地面钻出，

how a vine survives by creeping from the forest floor

to look at the sunlight.

追寻阳光的滋养。

从宏观的角度，

And at the grand scale,

time lapse allows us to see our planet in motion.

延时摄像让我看到地球的运转。

We can view not only the vast sweep of nature,

我们不但能看到大自然的宏伟，

but the restless movement of humanity.

也能感受到人类本身的生生不息。

Each streaking dot represents a passenger plane,

每条划过的蓝点都代表一架客机，

and by turning air traffic data into time-lapse imagery,

当我们把客机的数据

转化成延时图像时，

我们看到了那无法看见

we can see something that's above us constantly

but invisible:

却一直在我们头顶的：

the vast network of air travel over the United States.

美国上空广大的航线网络。

We can do the same thing with ships at sea.

海上的船只也一样，

We can turn data into a time-lapse view of a global economy in motion.

我们可以把数据转化成延时图像，

展现全球的经济脉动。

And decades of data give us the view of our entire planet

几十年的数据

使我们的星球看上去宛如一个生命体，

as a single organism

sustained by currents circulating throughout the oceans

它体内有海流循环于大洋之间，

and by clouds swirling through the atmosphere,

云海涡卷于大气之中，

pulsing with lightning,

闪电是它的脉搏，

crowned by the aurora Borealis.

北极光是它的王冠。

It may be the ultimate time-lapse image:

这可说是延时摄像的终极作品：

栩栩如生的地球解剖图。

the anatomy of Earth brought to life.

At the other extreme,

在另一个极端，

there are things that move too fast for our eyes,

某些活动快到肉眼无法捕捉，

but we have technology that can look into that world as well.

但是现今的科技 可以让我们一窥那个世界。

With high-speed cameras,

高速摄像，

we can do the opposite of time lapse.

可以达到和延时摄像相反的效果。

We can shoot images

我们可以捕捉到

that are thousands of times faster than our vision.

比肉眼快几千倍的影像。

我们可以观察到自然界的高超技艺，

And we can see how nature's ingenious devices work,

and perhaps we can even imitate them.

甚至可以运用在仿生领域。

When a dragonfly flutters by,

当一只蜻蜓飞过，

you may not realize,

你可能意识不到

but it's the greatest flier in nature.

蜻蜓是自然界中最棒的飞行者。

It can hover, fly backwards,

它可以盘旋、向后飞、

甚至仰着飞。

even upside down.

And by tracking markers on an insect's wings,

通过在昆虫的翅膀上安置跟踪标记，

we can visualize the air flow that they produce.

我们可以把它们产生的气流成像。

Nobody knew the secret,

没有人知道蜻蜓的秘密，

but high speed shows that a dragonfly

但是在高速摄像的帮助下，我们发现：

蜻蜓的四只翅膀 可以同时向任意方向扇动。

can move all four wings in different directions

at the same time.

And what we learn can lead us to new kinds of robotic flyers

我们了解到的这些，

可以帮助我们开发新型的自动飞行器，

that can expand our vision

把我们的视角扩展到

of important and remote places.

那些重要而又偏远的地方。

We're giants,

我们身形巨大，

and we're unaware of things that are too small for us to see.

所以对周遭的微小事物无知无觉。

The electron microscope fires electrons which creates images

电子显微镜通过发射电子

来成像，

which can magnify things by as much as a million times.

可将事物放大百万倍。

This is the egg of a butterfly.

这是一只蝴蝶的卵。

And there are unseen creatures living all over your body,

我们身上也有许许多多看不到的生物

including mites that spend their entire lives

比如螨虫，

它们的一生都在你身上度过，

dwelling on your eyelashes,

藏在你的眼毛里，

crawling over your skin at night.

夜间蠕动在你皮肤上。

Can you guess what this is?

能猜得出这是什么吗？

鲨鱼皮，

Shark skin.

A caterpillar's mouth.

毛毛虫的嘴，

The eye of a fruit fly.

果蝇的眼，

An eggshell.

蛋壳，

A flea.

跳蚤，

A snail's tongue.

蜗牛的舌头。

We think we know most of the animal kingdom,

我们以为自己很了解动物世界了，

but there may be millions of tiny species

但是可能还有数以百万计的微小物种，

waiting to be discovered.

等待着我们去发现。

A spider also has great secrets,

蜘蛛也有许多秘密，

because spiders' silk thread is pound for pound stronger than steel

蜘蛛丝比同重量的钢铁还要牢固。

but completely elastic.

却富有弹性。

This journey will take us all the way down to the nano world.

接下来，让我们进入--

纳米世界。

The silk is 100 times thinner than human hair.

蜘蛛丝比人类的头发

还要细一百倍。

On there is bacteria,

上面有细菌

and near that bacteria, 10 times smaller,

在细菌旁边，比它小十倍的是：

a virus.

病毒。

Inside of that, 10 times smaller,

病毒里再小十倍的，

three strands of DNA.

有三条DNA链，

And nearing the limit of our most powerful microscopes,

以及将现今最强大的显微镜放至最高倍，

才能看到的单个碳原子。

single carbon atoms.

With the tip of a powerful microscope,

运用显微镜的微小的触端

we can actually move atoms

我们可以移动原子

开始设计绝妙的纳米装置。

and begin to create amazing nano devices.

Some could one day patrol our body for all kinds of diseases

有些装置将来也许可以在我们体内巡逻，

抵御各种疾病，

and clean out clogged arteries along the way.

顺便也清理堵塞的动脉。

Tiny chemical machines of the future

未来的微型化学机器，

can one day, perhaps, repair DNA.

有一天或许可以修复DNA。

我们将要开启绝妙的新篇章

We are on the threshold of extraordinary advances,

born of our drive to unveil the mysteries of life.

这都源于我们希望揭开生命奥秘的渴望。

So under an endless rain of cosmic dust,

宇宙尘埃如雨般落下

the air is full of pollen,

空气中弥漫着花粉、

micro-diamonds and jewels

来自其他星球的微钻石和宝石、

from other planets and supernova explosions.

以及超新星的爆发物。

People go about their lives surrounded by the unseeable.

我们匆忙的一天里，

密布着这看不见的东西。

Knowing that there's so much around us we can't see

意识到我们周围还有这么多可观察的东西

forever changes our understanding of the world,

将永远改变我们对世界的认知。

and by looking at unseen worlds,

探看着肉眼不能见的世界，

we recognize that we exist in the living universe,

我们体会到我们的宇宙如此活灵活现。

and this new perspective creates wonder

这个新的视野令我们惊奇，

and inspires us to become explorers

激励我们不断探索周遭的世界。

in our own backyards.

Who knows what awaits to be seen

谁也无法预测我们还会有什么样的发现，

它们又将给我们的生活带来怎样的改变。

and what new wonders will transform our lives.

We'll just have to see.

让我们等着瞧吧！

(Applause)

（掌声）

《不见领域的奥秘》

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）

谢谢