Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

Translator: Michelle Ho Reviewer: Bighead Ge

Everything is interconnected.

所有嘢都係有關係嘅

作為一個辛納科克印度人 我從小就知道呢一點

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

We are a small fishing tribe

我哋喺一個細嘅釣魚部落

situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island

就近紐約南安普敦、長島嘅東南部

near the town of Southampton in New York.

When I was a little girl,

我細嘅時候

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

我爺爺會喺夏天帶我坐喺太陽之下

There were no clouds in the sky.

天空完全冇雲

And after a while I began to perspire.

過咗一段時間，我開始流汗

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

我爺爺就向天指著話：

"Look, do you see that?

「你睇下，見唔見到嗰個啊？

That's part of you up there.

嗰個就係你嘅一部分。

That's your water that helps to make the cloud

嗰嚿就係由你汗水形成嘅雲，

that becomes the rain that feeds the plants

將來化成雨來灌溉植物，同養動物。」

that feeds the animals."

In my continued exploration of subjects in nature

之後我繼續探索大自然裏面 「生命互連」嘅事物

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

I started storm chasing in 2008

我個女同我講： 「媽媽，妳應該去追風」

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

所以 2008 年，我就開始追風

And so three days later, driving very fast,

因此我三日之後，渣得好快

為嘅就係追一個叫「超大胞」嘅巨雲

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

capable of producing grapefruit-size hail

呢種巨雲能夠製造柚咁大嘅冰雹

and spectacular tornadoes,

同壯觀嘅龍捲風

although only two percent actually do.

但其實只有 2% 「超大胞」 落到大冰雹

呢的雲可以闊成 50 英里

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

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

高度可以有 65,000 呎

They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,

佢哋大到可以阻擋所有陽光

making it very dark and ominous standing under them.

令到下面嘅事物好黑暗、好不祥

Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.

追風係一個非常有質感嘅經驗

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

溫暖同潮濕嘅風吹著你嘅背脊

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

泥土、小麥、青草和帶電粒子帶住氣味

And then there are the colors in the clouds

雲層呈現唔同色彩

形成冰雹嘅雲層，有綠色、綠松藍

of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.

我學識咗對閃電產生敬畏

I've learned to respect the lightning.

My hair used to be straight.

因為我嘅頭髮以前係直㗎

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I'm just kidding.

講笑咋

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

What really excites me about these storms

真正令我興奮嘅係風暴嘅動態

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

即佢哋會同熔岩燈形狀嘅乳狀雲

with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.

一齊旋動、自轉同起伏

佢哋就好似可愛嘅怪獸一樣

They become lovely monsters.

When I'm photographing them,

當我影相嘅時候

I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.

我無啦啦記返我爺爺教過我嘅嘢

As I stand under them,

當我企喺雲嘅下面

I see not just a cloud,

我唔單止見到一嚿雲

but understand that what I have the privilege to witness

我仲明白到我有幸目睹嘅現象

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

係由製造我哋銀河、太陽系、太陽

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

甚至我哋地球嘅同一個力量所造成

雲團只係呢股力量嘅迷你版

and even this very planet.

All my relations. Thank you.

所以全部嘢都係有關嘅。多謝

(Applause)

（掌聲）