ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille Seaman - Photographer
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds.

Why you should listen

Camille Seaman takes photographs all over the world using digital and film cameras in multiple formats. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the fragile environment of the polar regions. Her current project concerns the beauty of natural environments in Siberia. 

Seaman's photographs have been published in Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal and more, and she has self-published many books on themes like “My China” and “Melting Away: Polar Images” through Fastback Creative Books, a company that she co-founded. In 2008, she was honored with a one-person exhibition, The Last Iceberg, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.

Read the TED Blog's Q&A with Camille Seaman >>

Browse a gallery of stormcloud photos >>

More profile about the speaker
Camille Seaman | Speaker | TED.com
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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Camille Seaman: Gambar-gambar daripada seorang pengejar ribut

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Jurugambar, Camille Seaman, telah mengejar ribut selama lima tahun. Dalam ceramah ini, dia menunjukkan gambar-gambar langit yang menakjubkan.
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TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio

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Everything is interconnectedsaling berhubungan.
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Semua benda
adalah saling berkaitan.
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As a ShinnecockShinnecock IndianIndia, I was raiseddibangkitkan to know this.
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Sebagai seorang Indian Shinnecock,
saya dibesarkan untuk mengetahuinya.
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We are a smallkecil fishingMemancing tribesuku
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Kami ialah sebuah
suku kaum nelayan yang kecil
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situatedterletak on the southeasterntenggara tiptip of Long IslandPulau
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yang bertempat di
hujung bahagian tenggara Long Island,
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nearberhampiran the townbandar of SouthamptonSouthampton in NewBaru YorkYork.
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berhampiran dengan
bandar Southhampton di New York.
00:27
When I was a little girlgadis,
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Semasa saya kecil,
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my grandfatherdatuk tookmengambil me to sitduduk outsidedi luar in the sunmatahari on a hotpanas summermusim panas day.
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datuk saya bawa saya keluar dan duduk di bawah matahari pada suatu hari yang panas.
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There were no cloudsawan in the skylangit.
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Tiada awan di langit.
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And after a while I beganbermula to perspireperspire.
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Sejenak kemudian,
saya mula berpeluh.
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And he pointedmenunjuk up to the skylangit, and he said,
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Dia menunjuk ke arah langit
dan kata,
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"Look, do you see that?
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"Tengok, kamu nampak itu?
00:48
That's partbahagian of you up there.
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Itu sebahagian daripada kamu.
00:50
That's your waterair that helpsmembantu to make the cloudawan
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Itu air yang membantu
mewujudkan awan
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that becomesmenjadi the rainhujan that feedssuapan the plantstumbuhan
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yang membentuk air hujan,
yang membekalkan air kepada tumbuhan,
00:58
that feedssuapan the animalshaiwan."
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yang membekalkan makanan
kepada haiwan."
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In my continuedditeruskan explorationpenerokaan of subjectssubjek in naturesifat
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Dalam penjelajahan saya yang berterusan
tentang alam semula jadi
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that have the abilitykebolehan to illustrateilustrasikan the interconnectionsambungtara of all life,
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yang dapat menggambarkan saling hubungan
antara semua hidupan,
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I startedbermula stormribut chasingmengejar in 2008
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saya mula mengejar ribut
pada tahun 2008
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after my daughteranak perempuan said, "MomIbu, you should do that."
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setelah anak perempuan saya kata,
"Mak patut lakukannya."
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And so threetiga dayshari laterkemudian, drivingmemandu very fastcepat,
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Jadi 3 hari kemudian,
saya memandu dengan cepat,
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I founddijumpai myselfsaya sendiri stalkingstalking a singletunggal typejenis of giantgergasi cloudawan calleddipanggil the supersuper cellsel,
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saya mendapati saya menghendap sejenis awan gergasi
yang dipanggil "the super cell".
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capablemampu of producingmenghasilkan grapefruit-sizelimau gedang-saiz hailHail
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Ia berupaya menghasilkan
hujan batu sebesar 5 gedang
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and spectacularspektakuler tornadoestornadoes,
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dan tornado yang sangat besar,
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althoughwalaupun only two percentperatus actuallysebenarnya do.
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walaupun hanya 2%
yang berupaya menghasilkannya.
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These cloudsawan can growberkembang so bigbesar, up to 50 milesbatu widelebar
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Awan ini boleh berkembang dengan besar
sehingga seluas 50 batu
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and reachmencapai up to 65,000 feetkaki into the atmospheresuasana.
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dan mencecah 65,000 kaki ke udara.
01:51
They can growberkembang so bigbesar, blockingmenyekat all daylightsiang,
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Ia boleh berkembang dengan besar,
menghalang cahaya matahari,
01:53
makingmembuat it very darkgelap and ominoustidak menyenangkan standingberdiri underdi bawah them.
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menjadikan keadaan sangat gelap dan sangat tidak menyenangkan hati apabila berdiri di bawahnya.
01:58
StormRibut chasingmengejar is a very tactilesentuhan experiencepengalaman.
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Mengejar ribut melibatkan deria-deria.
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There's a warmpanas, moistlembap windangin blowingmeniup at your back
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Terdapat angin hangat dan lembap
yang bertiup di belakang anda,
02:05
and the smellbau of the earthbumi, the wheatgandum, the grassrumput, the chargeddikenakan particleszarah.
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dan bau tanah, gandum,
rumput, zarah yang bercas.
02:12
And then there are the colorswarna in the cloudsawan
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Kemudian, terdapat warna
semasa pembentukan
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of hailHail formingmembentuk, the greenssayur-sayuran and the turquoiseTurquoise bluesBlues.
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batu hujan, warna hijau
dan warna firus.
02:21
I've learnedbelajar to respectmenghormati the lightningkilat.
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Saya telah belajar
untuk menghormati kilat.
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My hairrambut used to be straightlurus.
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Dulu,
rambut saya adalah lulus.
02:26
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Gelak ketawa)
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I'm just kiddingbercanda.
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Saya cuma bergurau.
02:29
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Gelak ketawa)
02:31
What really excitesbersemangat me about these stormsribut
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Apa yang membuat saya teruja
tentang ribut-ribut ini
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is theirmereka movementpergerakan, the way they swirlSwirl and spinberputar and undulateundulate,
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ialah pergerakannya,
cara ia berlingkar dan beralun,
02:39
with theirmereka lavalava lamp-likeseperti lampu mammatusmammatus cloudsawan.
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dan awan mamatus.
02:43
They becomemenjadi lovelyindah monstersraksasa.
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Ia menjadi raksasa
yang menyenangkan hati.
02:46
When I'm photographingmemotret them,
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Semasa saya
mengambil gambar ribut,
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I cannottidak boleh help but rememberingat my grandfather'sDatuk lessonpelajaran.
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saya teringat pengajaran datuk saya.
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As I standberdiri underdi bawah them,
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Apabila saya berdiri
di bawah ribut,
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I see not just a cloudawan,
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saya bukan saja melihat awan,
02:56
but understandfaham that what I have the privilegekeistimewaan to witnesssaksi
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tapi saya faham bahawa
apa yang saya dapat saksikan
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is the samesama forceskuasa, the samesama processproses in a small-scaleskala kecil versionversi
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ialah kuasa yang sama, proses yang sama
dalam versi yang kecil
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that helpedmembantu to createbuat our galaxygalaksi, our solarsolar systemsistem, our sunmatahari
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yang membantu mewujudkan galaksi kita,
sistem suria kita, matahari kita,
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and even this very planetplanet.
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bahkan planet ini.
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All my relationshubungan. Thank you.
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Kita semua adalah saling berkaitan.
Terima kasih.
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(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
Translated by PF Ng
Reviewed by Muhammad Fathi Rayyan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille Seaman - Photographer
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds.

Why you should listen

Camille Seaman takes photographs all over the world using digital and film cameras in multiple formats. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the fragile environment of the polar regions. Her current project concerns the beauty of natural environments in Siberia. 

Seaman's photographs have been published in Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal and more, and she has self-published many books on themes like “My China” and “Melting Away: Polar Images” through Fastback Creative Books, a company that she co-founded. In 2008, she was honored with a one-person exhibition, The Last Iceberg, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.

Read the TED Blog's Q&A with Camille Seaman >>

Browse a gallery of stormcloud photos >>

More profile about the speaker
Camille Seaman | Speaker | TED.com

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