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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser
Camille Seaman: Fotografiile unui vânător de furtuni
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Fotograful Camille Seaman vânează furtuni de 5 ani. La această conferinţă, ea arată fotografii incredibile ale cerului dezlănțuit.
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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Totul este interconectat.
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As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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Fiind o indiancă Shinnecock, am fost crescută să ştiu asta.
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We are a small fishing tribe
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Suntem un mic trib de pescari,
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situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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din sud-estul insulei Long Island,
00:24
near the town of Southampton in New York.
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lângă oraşul Southampton, în statul New York.
00:27
When I was a little girl,
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Când eram mică,
00:30
my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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bunicul m-a luat afară în soare într-o zi toridă de vară.
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There were no clouds in the sky.
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Nu erau nori pe cer.
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And after a while I began to perspire.
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După un timp am început să transpir.
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And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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Bunicul a arătat spre cer şi a spus:
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"Look, do you see that?
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„Uite, vezi asta?
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That's part of you up there.
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E o parte din tine acolo sus.
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That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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Aceea e apa ta, care ajută la formarea norului,
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that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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care devine ploaie şi hrăneşte plantele
00:58
that feeds the animals."
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şi animalele.”
01:01
In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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În explorarea mea continuă a subiecţilor din natură
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that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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care au capacitatea de a ilustra interconectarea tuturor formelor de viaţă,
01:09
I started storm chasing in 2008
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am început vânătoarea de furtuni în 2008,
01:12
after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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după ce fiica mea mi-a spus: „Mamă, ar trebui să faci asta”.
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And so three days later, driving very fast,
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Aşa că 3 zile mai târziu, conducând cu viteză,
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I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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urmăream un nor imens, numit super cell,
01:29
capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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capabil să producă grindină de mărimea unui grapefruit
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and spectacular tornadoes,
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şi tornade înspăimântătoare,
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although only two percent actually do.
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deşi numai 2% din nori fac asta.
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These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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Aceşti nori pot deveni uriași, cu lungimi de 80 km
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and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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şi până la 20,000 metri altitudine.
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They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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Ajung atât de mari încât blochează lumina zilei,
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making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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iar spaţiul de sub ei devine întunecat şi ameninţător.
01:58
Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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Vânătoarea de furtuni e o experienţă tactilă:
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There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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vântul cald şi umed îţi suflă pe la spate,
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and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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mirosul pământului, al grâului, al ierbii, particulele încărcate,
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And then there are the colors in the clouds
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culorile din nori, grindina în formare,
02:16
of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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nuanţele de verde şi turcoaz.
02:21
I've learned to respect the lightning.
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Am învăţat să respect fulgerul.
02:24
My hair used to be straight.
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Aveam părul drept înainte.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(Râsete)
02:28
I'm just kidding.
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Glumesc.
02:29
(Laughter)
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(Râsete)
02:31
What really excites me about these storms
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Ceea ce mă uimeşte la aceste furtuni
02:35
is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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e mişcarea lor, felul în care formează vârtejuri şi se unduiesc,
02:39
with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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şi norii lor mammatus de culoarea lavei.
02:43
They become lovely monsters.
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Devin nişte monştrii adorabili.
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When I'm photographing them,
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Când îi fotografiez,
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I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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îmi amintesc lecţia dată de bunicul.
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As I stand under them,
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Când stau sub ei,
02:54
I see not just a cloud,
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văd nu doar un nor,
02:56
but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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ci înţeleg că am privilegiul să fiu martorul aceloraşi forţe,
02:59
is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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aceluiaşi proces la scară mai mică
03:03
that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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ce a creat galaxia, sistemul solar, soarele
03:10
and even this very planet.
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şi acestă planetă.
03:14
All my relations. Thank you.
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Toate respectele mele! Mulţumesc!
03:17
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
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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