Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

翻译人员: illusion Hung 校对人员: Zhechao Chen

Everything is interconnected.

一切事物都彼此相关

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

身为辛纳科克印第安人 我从小就知道这一点

We are a small fishing tribe

我们是以捕鱼为生的小部落

situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island

位于长岛东南端

near the town of Southampton in New York.

邻近纽约南汉普顿镇

When I was a little girl,

我年幼时

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

某个炎热的夏天 祖父将我带到户外，坐在阳光下

There were no clouds in the sky.

天空万里无云

And after a while I began to perspire.

不久后，我开始流汗

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

祖父指着天空说

"Look, do you see that?

“看，妳看见了吗？”

That's part of you up there.

“那是妳的一部分”

That's your water that helps to make the cloud

“妳身上的水促使云朵形成”

that becomes the rain that feeds the plants

“云产生雨，滋养植物”

that feeds the animals."

“植物哺育动物”

In my continued exploration of subjects in nature

在我对自然万物的持续探索中

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

显示所有生命都彼此相关

I started storm chasing in 2008

我从2008年开始追逐风暴

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

起因在于我女儿说，“妈妈，妳应该这么做”

And so three days later, driving very fast,

因此三天后，我开着车高速行驶

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

发现自己逐渐接近一种名叫 超级细胞（super cell）的巨大云层

capable of producing grapefruit-size hail

它能产生葡萄柚大小的冰雹

and spectacular tornadoes,

和壮观的龙卷风

although only two percent actually do.

虽然那些都只有百分之二的机会

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

这种云层的体积 十分庞大，宽度可达50英哩

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

高度可达65,000英呎

They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,

大到能完全遮蔽日光

making it very dark and ominous standing under them.

站在它下方令人感到极度黑暗与不祥

Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.

追逐风暴是充满感官刺激的体验

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

温暖潮湿的风从身后吹来

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

风中散发着泥土 麦穗、青草及带电粒子的气息

And then there are the colors in the clouds

冰雹的形成使云层呈现 缤纷的色彩，包括绿色及土耳其蓝

of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.

冰雹的形成使云层呈现 缤纷的色彩，包括绿色及土耳其蓝

I've learned to respect the lightning.

我学会尊重闪电

My hair used to be straight.

我本来是直发

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I'm just kidding.

只是开个玩笑

(Laughter)

（笑声）

What really excites me about these storms

真正令我兴奋的是这些风暴的变化

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

它们盘绕、旋转、起伏的姿态

with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.

彷佛熔岩灯中的乳状流体

They become lovely monsters.

它们成了有趣的怪物

When I'm photographing them,

当我拍摄风暴时

I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.

不禁想起祖父所说的话

As I stand under them,

当我站在风暴下方

I see not just a cloud,

眼中所见的不仅是云层

but understand that what I have the privilege to witness

也领悟到我有幸目睹的是

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

某种相同力量和过程的小规模版本

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

那种力量创造了 我们的银河系、太阳系、太阳

and even this very planet.

甚至我们的地球

All my relations. Thank you.

所有与我息息相关的人，谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）