Benjamin Grant: What it feels like to see Earth from space
Benjamin Grant: ¿Qué se siente ver la Tierra desde el espacio?
Through his mesmerizing satellite photographs, Benjamin Grant offers us a new way of seeing of our planet and ourselves. Full bio
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has successfully completed
ha completado exitosamente,
alrededor de la Luna.
three days before,
tres días antes,
beyond low Earth orbit.
más allá de la órbita terrestre.
above the Moon's horizon.
asks his crewmates where their camera is,
frenéticamente por su cámara,
enfoca hacia la ventada,
points it towards the window,
important photographs of all time:
más importantes de todos los tiempos:
a few days later,
en sus hogares días después,
y sus compañeros de tripulación
Universidad de Pennsylvania
at the University of Pennsylvania
de miles de astronautas
of hundreds of astronauts
la Tierra desde el espacio.
to view the Earth from space.
tres sentimientos en común:
three common feelings:
for Earth's beauty;
de la belleza de la Tierra;
de conexión con todos los seres vivos;
of connection to all other living beings;
a menudo abrumador, de emoción.
often overwhelming sense of emotion.
the Earth from a great distance
la Tierra desde una gran distancia
nuevos marcos cognitivos
new cognitive frameworks
were forever changed
fueron cambiados de por vida
as the "overview effect."
como el "efecto de visión del todo".
have ever been to outer space.
en el espacio exterior.
de obscuridad.
fuera más grande?
I set off on my own mission:
of overwhelming scale and beauty
de tan abrumadora escala y belleza
that I launched "Daily Overview."
"Apreciación Global Diaria".
he usado imágenes satelitales
overhead view of our planet.
de nuestro planeta.
have been created thus far,
se han creado hasta ahora,
para su dosis diaria de perspectivas.
of perspectives.
from the massive archive
fotos del masivo archivo
called Digital Globe.
llamada Digital Globe.
of five satellites,
de cinco satélites,
de una ambulancia,
taking pictures of the Earth
tomando fotos de la Tierra,
28,000 kilometers per hour.
is equipped with a camera
está equipado con una cámara
with a standard 55 millimeter lens.
con una lente estándar de 55 mm.
one of their satellites
uno de estos satélites
de un balón de fútbol,
at the stadium in Amsterdam.
en un estadio en Ámsterdam.
of this project
that incredible technology
han impactado al planeta.
the Earth for resources,
y limpiamos la Tierra por recursos,
and cultivate crops for food,
of doing all of these things,
todas estas cosas,
control and impunity.
con creciente control e impunidad.
a few of my overviews with you now.
de mis vistas globales.
buques de carga y petroleros
to the port of Singapore.
a un puerto de Singapur.
in the world by terms of total tonnage,
en términos de toneladas totales,
of the world's shipping containers
los contenedores de carga mundial
you'll see a lot of little specks.
verán varias pequeñas manchas.
in the United States.
and placed on a specialized diet.
una dieta especial.
the cows gain an additional 180 kilograms
las vacas ganan 180 kg más
por esta piscina brillante aquí arriba.
about this glowing pool at the top there.
combination of manure, chemicals
única de estiércol, químicos
that grows in the stagnant water.
que crece en aguas estancadas.
Monte Whaleback,
of Western Australia,
de Australia Occidental
on the face of the Earth.
en la superficie de la Tierra.
in the construction of buildings,
en la construcción de edificios,
such as your dishwasher or refrigerator.
como lavaplatos o refrigeradores.
in Seville, Spain.
en Sevilla, España.
around an 140-meter-tall tower
alrededor de una torre de 140 metros
of light reflected upwards
que se reflejan hacia arriba
to a storage tank underground,
a un tanque de depósito bajo tierra,
to power 70,000 homes
para iluminar 70 000 hogares
of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
de dióxido de carbono cada año.
in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
en Santa Cruz, Bolivia
to untouched tracts of rainforest.
tocar del bosque tropical.
has primarily been driven
impulsada primeramente
la agricultura mecanizada
la demanda de su creciente población,
the demand of its growing population
of its rainforest
de su selva tropical
lost 4.5 million acres of rainforest
1,8 millones de hectáreas de selva
in Barcelona, Spain.
en Barcelona, España.
can be incredibly helpful
increíblemente útil,
cómo funcionan las ciudades,
smarter solutions for urban planning,
más inteligentes de urbanismo,
cada vez más relevante
will live in cities around the world
de personas vivan en ciudades del mundo
by its strict grid pattern,
por su estricto patrón cuadriculado,
better ventilation
mejor ventilación,
but under much different circumstances.
pero bajo circunstancias muy diferentes.
in northern Kenya,
de Dabaab en el norte de Kenya,
of its kind in the world.
este tipo en el mundo.
who are fleeing Somalia,
refugiados que huyen de Somalia,
gridded out at left
de esta manera
these white dots,
estos puntos blancos,
the area over time.
about changes in time.
de cambios en el tiempo.
of the project "Juxtapose,"
del programa: "Yuxtaponer",
of it with you now.
algunos ejemplos con Uds.
bloom every year in April.
los años en abril en los Países Bajos.
captured in March a few weeks before
unas semanas antes,
taken a few weeks later.
unas semanas después.
in this magnificent cascade of color.
en esta magnificada cascada de color.
4.3 billion tulip bulbs every year.
4 mil 300 millones de tulipanes cada año.
in southeastern Brazil,
en el sureste de Brasil,
desastres medioambientales
environmental disasters
cubic meters of waste
de metros cúbicos de desecho
las represas colapsaron,
in the process,
numerosas comunidades
seen here before ...
que se puede ver aquí antes
were killed in this disaster.
murieron en este desastre.
have access to clean drinking water
no tuvieron acceso a agua potable,
into the Doce River,
se adentró en el río Doce,
of plant and animal life along the way.
de flora y fauna a su paso.
related to the crisis in Syria,
relacionada con la crisis en Siria,
of hundreds of thousands of people
de cientos de miles de personas
is seen in Mafraq, Jordan in 2011,
en Mafraq, Jordania en 2011,
captured just this year in 2017,
tomada este año, en el 2017,
of the Zaatari refugee camp.
de refugiados de los Zaatari.
the lunar landscape for the first time,
sobre la Luna por primera vez,
that you could have imagined
pudieran imaginar
look like from outer space.
de mostrar desde el espacio exterior.
the aesthetics of an image,
la estética de la imagen,
lo que estás viendo,
what it is you're seeing,
con el hecho que todavía les guste.
that you still like it.
I want to create with my work,
crear con mi trabajo,
it is that contemplation,
hacia nuestro planeta
interest in our planet
of what we're doing to it.
de lo que le estamos haciendo.
from the overview perspective
desde esta perspectiva
of these high-flying cameras,
de estas cámaras,
that we are having.
que estamos teniendo.
a more expansive perspective,
una perspectiva más extensa,
lo que está sucediendo
health of our planet,
de nuestro planeta,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Benjamin Grant - Artist, authorThrough his mesmerizing satellite photographs, Benjamin Grant offers us a new way of seeing of our planet and ourselves.
Why you should listen
By curating and composing high-resolution aerial imagery, Benjamin Grant has repurposed a medium once reserved for security experts into a tool that provides us with a thought-provoking look at human impact on our planet. As the founder of Daily Overview, he tells a story not only of man's relationship to the earth but also of how a determined search for novel perspectives can shift our psychology, inspire greater collaboration and stimulate visions for a better future.
Grant has grown Daily Overview into one of the most popular blogs on social media, garnering the largest following on Instagram (currently 556,000+ followers) of any brand with an environmental focus. His best-selling book Overview: A New Perspective of Earth has been critically-acclaimed by the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, CNN and was selected as one of the "Best Books of 2016" by Amazon, The Smithsonian and the Los Angeles Times. First published in October 2016, the book has been translated into seven languages.
Images from Daily Overview have been featured in hundreds of publications around the world including the New York Times, Washington Post, WIRED, The Economist, VICE and more. Grant has shown large-format prints at numerous exhibitions around the world with noteworthy installations in Munich, San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and Hjo, Sweden.
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