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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser
Kamila Sīmena: Vētru mednieces fotogrāfijas
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Fotogrāfe Kamile Sīmena jau 5 gadus ir vētru medniece. Šajā runā viņa rāda satriecošas un sirreālas nemierīgo padebešu fotogrāfijas.
Camille Seaman - Photographer
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio
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Everything is interconnected.
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Viss ir savstarpēji saistīts.
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As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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Kā šinekoku indiānei man tas ir iemācīts jau no bērnības.
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We are a small fishing tribe
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Mēs esam maza zvejnieku cilts,
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situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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kas atrodas uz Longailendas dienvidaustrumu gala,
00:24
near the town of Southampton in New York.
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netālu no Dienvidhemptonas Ņujorkā.
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When I was a little girl,
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Kad es biju maza,
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my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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mans vectēvs kāda karstā vasaras dienā izveda mani ārā pasēdēt saulē.
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There were no clouds in the sky.
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Debesīs nebija ne mākoņa.
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And after a while I began to perspire.
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Pēc kāda laika es sāku svīst.
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And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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Viņš norādīja debesīs un teica:
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"Look, do you see that?
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„Skat, vai redzi?
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That's part of you up there.
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Tur augšā ir daļa tevis.
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That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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Tas ir tavs ūdens, kas palīdz veidot mākoni,
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that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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kas kļūst par lietu, kas padzirdina augus,
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that feeds the animals."
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kas paēdina dzīvniekus.”
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In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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Manos ilgstošajos dabas objektu meklējumos,
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that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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kam ir spēja ilustrēt visas dzīvības starpsavienotību,
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I started storm chasing in 2008
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es 2008. gadā sāku vētru medīšanu
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after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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pēc tam, kad mana meita pateica: „Mam, tev tas būtu jāpamēģina”
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And so three days later, driving very fast,
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Tā nu trīs dienas vēlāk, traucoties milzu ātrumā,
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I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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es jau izsekoju milzu mākoni sauktu par superšūnu,
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capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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kas spējīgs radīt greipfrūta izmēra krusu
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and spectacular tornadoes,
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un iespaidīgus virpuļviesuļus,
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although only two percent actually do.
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lai arī tā notiek vien divos procentos gadījumu.
01:42
These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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Šie mākoņi var kļūt līdz pat 80 kilometrus plati
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and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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un sniegties līdz pat 20 kilometru atmosfērā.
01:51
They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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Tie var kļūt tik lieli, ka aizsedz visu saules gaismu,
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making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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padarot stāvēšanu zem tiem ļoti tumšu un draudīgu.
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Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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Vētru medīšana ir ļoti izjūtama pieredze,
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There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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Mugurā pūš silts un mikls vējš
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and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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un jūtama zemes, kviešu, zāles un uzlādēto daļiņu smarža.
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And then there are the colors in the clouds
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Mākoņos redzamas veidojošās
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of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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krusas krāsas, zilganzaļie un tirkīzzilie toņi.
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I've learned to respect the lightning.
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Esmu iemācījusies cienīt zibeni.
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My hair used to be straight.
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Mani mati agrāk bija taisni.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
02:28
I'm just kidding.
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Jokoju.
02:29
(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
02:31
What really excites me about these storms
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Šajās vētrās mani visvairāk aizrauj
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is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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to kustība, tas, kā tās virpuļo un mutuļo, un viļņojas,
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with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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ar saviem lavas lampām līdzīgajiem maisveida mākoņiem.
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They become lovely monsters.
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Tās kļūst par jaukiem briesmoņiem.
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When I'm photographing them,
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Man tās fotogrāfējot,
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I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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es nespēju aizmirst sava vectēva mācīto.
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As I stand under them,
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Stāvot zem tiem,
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I see not just a cloud,
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es redzu ne tikai mākoni,
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but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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bet arī apzinos, ka man ir tas gods piedzīvot
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is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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tos pašus spēkus, tā paša mazāka mēroga procesu,
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that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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kas palīdzēja radīt mūsu galaktiku, saules sistēmu, sauli
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and even this very planet.
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un šo pašu planētu.
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All my relations. Thank you.
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Viss ir savstarpēji saistīts. Paldies.
03:17
(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille Seaman - PhotographerTED 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.
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