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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser
Camille Seaman: Fotografi nga nje ndjekese stuhish
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Fotografja Camile Seaman ka ndjekur stuhite per 5 vjet rradhazi. Gjate kesaj fjale, ajo na tregon fotografi te mrekullueshme dhe sureale te parajses se reve.
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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Gjithcka eshte e nderlidhur.
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As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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Si nje indian Shinnecok, une u rrita me kete ne mendje.
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We are a small fishing tribe
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Ne jemi nje fis i vogel peshkataresh
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situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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te vendosur ne pjesen juglindore te Long Island
00:24
near the town of Southampton in New York.
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afer qytetit Southampton te New York-ut.
00:27
When I was a little girl,
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Kur isha nje vajze e vogel,
00:30
my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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ne nje dite te nxehte vere, gjyshi me mori te uleshim jashte.
00:35
There were no clouds in the sky.
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Ne qiell nuk kisha asnje re.
00:39
And after a while I began to perspire.
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Pasi qendruam ca jashte une nisa te djersij.
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And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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Ai beri me gisht ne qiell dhe tha,
00:45
"Look, do you see that?
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"Shiko, a e sheh ate?
00:48
That's part of you up there.
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Eshte nje pjese e jotja atje lart.
00:50
That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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Eshte uji yt qe ndihmon ne krijimin e reve
00:53
that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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te cilat krijojne shiun qe ushqen bimet
00:58
that feeds the animals."
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te cilat ushqejne kafshet."
01:01
In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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Gjate eksplorimeve te mia te natyres dhe elementeve
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that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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qe kane aftesine per te demonstruar bashkeveprimin e gjithckaje me jete,
01:09
I started storm chasing in 2008
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nisa te ndjek stuhite ne 2008
01:12
after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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pasi ime bije tha, " Mami, ti duhet ta besh kete."
01:15
And so three days later, driving very fast,
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Si rrjedhoje, tre dite me pas, duke ngare shume shpejt,
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I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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u gjenda duke ndjekur nga pas nje re gjigande e quajtur qeliza e madhe,
01:29
capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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ne gjendje per te prodhuar bresher sa nje kokerr rrushi
01:33
and spectacular tornadoes,
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dhe tornado te mrekullueshme,
01:35
although only two percent actually do.
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edhe pse kete te fundit e prodhojne vec 2 perqind e tyre.
01:42
These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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keto re arrijne te jene 50 milje te gjera
01:47
and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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dhe me lartesine e 65,000 kembeve ne atmosfere.
01:51
They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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Ato zmadhohen aq shume, sa bllokojne driten e diellit,
01:53
making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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dhe te qendruarit poshte tyre nenkupton te qendruarit ne nje vend te erret.
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Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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Ndjekja e stuhive eshte nje eksperience shume e prekshme.
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There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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Nje ere e ngrohte dhe e lagesht te fryn ne shpine
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and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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se bashku me aromen e tokes, barit dhe grimcave te ngarkuara.
02:12
And then there are the colors in the clouds
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Gjithashtu jane edhe ngjyrat e reve
02:16
of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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formimi i bresherit, jeshilja dhe bluja laramane.
02:21
I've learned to respect the lightning.
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Kam mesuar te respektoj shkrepetimat.
02:24
My hair used to be straight.
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Floket dikur i kam patur te drejte.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
02:28
I'm just kidding.
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Bej shaka.
02:29
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
02:31
What really excites me about these storms
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Ajo c'ka me intrigon me se tepermi rreth ketyre stuhive
02:35
is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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eshte levizja e tyre, menyra se si ato perdridhen dhe valezohen,
02:39
with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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me ato forma materne resh.
02:43
They become lovely monsters.
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Ato kthehen ne monstra te adhurueshme.
02:46
When I'm photographing them,
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Tek i fotografoj,
02:48
I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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nuk e harroj kurre mesimin e gjyshit.
02:52
As I stand under them,
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Tek qendroj nen to,
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I see not just a cloud,
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nuk shoh vetem re,
02:56
but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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por kuptoj se ajo cka kam privilegjin te shikoj
02:59
is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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eshte i njejti proces, te njejtat forca por ne nje version ne miniature
03:03
that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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qe ndihmoi ne krijimin e galaksise sone, sistemit tone diellor, diellit
03:10
and even this very planet.
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ashtu si dhe planetin tone.
03:14
All my relations. Thank you.
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Te gjitha lidhjet e mia. Faleminderit.
03:17
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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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