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 >>

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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Camilie Seaman: Camille Seaman: To'fon taqibchisidan suratlar

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Suratchi Camilie Seaman 5 yildan beri to'fonlarni taqib qiladi. Bu nutqida tabiatning dahshatga soluvchi va hayratlanarli notinchligini ko'rsatmoqda.
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TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio

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Everything is interconnected.
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Hamma narsa bir biriga bog'langan.
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As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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Men Shinnekokli Hind sifatida,
bu so'z bilan ulg'aydim.
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We are a small fishing tribe
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Bizlar baliq ovlovchi
kichik qabilamiz,
00:21
situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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va New Yorkning
Southampton shahri yonidagi,
00:24
near the town of Southampton in New York.
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Long Island orolining
janubiy sharqida joylashganmiz.
00:27
When I was a little girl,
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Yoshligimda, issiq bir yoz kuni
bobom bilan tashqarida o'tirgandik.
00:30
my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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00:35
There were no clouds in the sky.
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Osmonda hech bulut yo'q edi.
00:39
And after a while I began to perspire.
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Biroz so'ngra men terlay boshladim.
00:42
And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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Bobom esa osmonni ko'rsatip, dedi ki,
00:45
"Look, do you see that?
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"Qara, ko'ryapsanmi?
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That's part of you up there.
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U sening bir parchang.
00:50
That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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Sendan chiqqan bug'dan o'sha
bulut paydo bo'ladi
00:53
that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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va u yomg'irga aylanib o'simliklarning
va jonivorlarning chanqog'ini bosadi."
00:58
that feeds the animals."
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Men hayotta hamma narsaning
bir biriga bog'langanligini ko'rsatuvchi
01:01
In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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01:04
that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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tabiat hodisalari ustida tadqiqot
yuritishni davom ettirdim,
01:09
I started storm chasing in 2008
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va 2008-yili to'fonlarni
taqib qilishni boshladim,
01:12
after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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o'shanda qizim menga qarap dedi,
"Oyi, siz bu kasb bilan shugullaning."
01:15
And so three days later, driving very fast,
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Shunday qilip, uch kun so'ngra
men mashinamni juda tez haydagan holda
01:22
I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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super hujayra dep nomlangan bahaybat bir
bulutni taqib qilishni boshladim.
01:29
capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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Bahaybatligidan greypfrut kabi do'l
01:33
and spectacular tornadoes,
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va ajoyib quyun hosil qila oladigan
bulut turi,
01:35
although only two percent actually do.
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garchi faqat ikki foizi bunday qiladi.
01:42
These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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Bu tur bulutlar 50 milyagacha
kengaya oladi,
01:47
and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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va 65000 futgacha (20000ga yaqin metr)
atmosferaga erisha oladi.
01:51
They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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Kunduzgi yorug'likni to'sip qoyadigan
darajada kattarip,
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making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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hammayoqni qorong'ulikka burkab,
ostidagilarni dahshatga soladi.
To'fon taqib qilish sezgirlikni
talap qiladi.
01:58
Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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02:01
There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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Orqangizda iliq va nam shamol esishi,
02:05
and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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tuproq hidi, bug'doy, maysa
va boshqa zaryadlangan zarralar.
02:12
And then there are the colors in the clouds
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So'ngra ranglar paydo bo'ladi bulutlarda,
02:16
of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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do'ldan oldingi yashil
va zangori-ko'kish ranglari.
02:21
I've learned to respect the lightning.
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Men chaqmoqlarni
hurmat qilishni o'rgandim.
02:24
My hair used to be straight.
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Sochim ilgari tep-tekis edi.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(Qahqaha)
02:28
I'm just kidding.
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Shunchaki hazillashtim.
02:29
(Laughter)
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(Qahqaha)
02:31
What really excites me about these storms
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Meni to'fonlar haqida
eng ko'p hayajonlandirgan narsa
02:35
is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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bu ularning harakati, to'lqinsimon,
gir-gir aylanishi, burulishi,
02:39
with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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lavaning dabdurustdan otilishiga
o'hshagan haybatli bulutlari.
02:43
They become lovely monsters.
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Ular sevimli maxluqqa aylanishadi.
02:46
When I'm photographing them,
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Suratga olish vaqtida,
02:48
I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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bobomning aytgan so'zlarini
eslamay qo'yolmayman.
02:52
As I stand under them,
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Ularning ostida turarkan,
02:54
I see not just a cloud,
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faqatgina bulutlar emas,
02:56
but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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balki ko'rayotganlarim
02:59
is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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galaktika, quyosh sistemasi, quyosh, va
hatto shu sayyoramizning yaratilishining
03:03
that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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sahnalashtirilgan shakli ekanligiga
va men bunga guvoh bo'lish sharafiga
03:10
and even this very planet.
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musharraf bo'layotganimligimni
his qilaman.
03:14
All my relations. Thank you.
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Tashakkur.
03:17
(Applause)
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(Olqish)
Translated by Makhlie Esonalieva
Reviewed by Madina Juarez

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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