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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser
Camille Seaman: Picha kutoka kwa mkimbiza vimbunga
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Mpiga picha, Camille Seaman amekuwa akikimbiza vimbunga kwa miaka 5. katika mazungumzo haya anaonyesha picha za kupendeza sana za vishindi za mbingu.
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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KIla kitu kinahusiana na kingine
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As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
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Kama muhindi, nilikuzwa kujua hili
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We are a small fishing tribe
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Sisi ni kabila dogo la wavuvi
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situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
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Katika ncha ya kusini mashariki mwa kisiwa cha Long
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near the town of Southampton in New York.
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karibu na mji wa Southampton katika jiji la New York.
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When I was a little girl,
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Nilipokuwa msichana mdogo,
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my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
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Babu yangu alinichukua kukaa naye juani katika wakati wa majira ya joto.
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There were no clouds in the sky.
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Hakukuwa na mawingu angani.
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And after a while I began to perspire.
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na baada ya muda mfupi nikaanza kutoka jasho.
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And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
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na akanionyesha angani na kusema,
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"Look, do you see that?
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"Angalia,unaona kile?
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That's part of you up there.
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Ile ni sehemu yako kule juu.
00:50
That's your water that helps to make the cloud
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Yale ni maji yako yanayosaidia kutengeneza mawingu
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that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
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yanayokuwa mvua inayonywesha mimea
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that feeds the animals."
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ambayo inalisha wanyama."
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In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
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katika utafiti wangu wa mambo haya
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that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
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ambayo yanaonyesha uhusiano katika maisha,
01:09
I started storm chasing in 2008
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Nilianza kukimbiza vimbunga mwaka 2008
01:12
after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
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baada ya binti yangu kusema, " Mama, ni lazima ufanye hivyo."
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And so three days later, driving very fast,
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siku tatu baadaye,nikiendesha gari kwa kasi sana,
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I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
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nikajikuta nafuatilia aina moja ya wingu kubwa sana,
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capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
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lenye uwezo wa kutengeneza mvua ua mawe kubwa
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and spectacular tornadoes,
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na vimbunga vya ajabu,
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although only two percent actually do.
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ingawa ni asilimia mbili tu hufanya hivyo.
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These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
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mawingu haya yanaweza kuwa makubwa sana, mpaka maili 50 kwa upana
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and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
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na yanaweza yakaenda mpaka futi 65,000 juu angani.
01:51
They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
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yanaweza yakawa makubwa sana kiasi cha kuzuia mwanga wa mchana,
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making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
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kufanya ukisimama chini yake kuwa peusi sana.
01:58
Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
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Kukimbiza vimbunga ni kitu chenye mguso wa kipekee.
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There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
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unakuta kuna upepo mnyevu wa joto unaopuliza mgongoni kwako
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and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
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haufu ya mchanga,ngano na majani.
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And then there are the colors in the clouds
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halafu pia kuna rangi mbalimbali katika mawingu
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of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
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ya mvua ya mawe, ya kijani na bluu.
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I've learned to respect the lightning.
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nimejifunza kuiheshimu radi.
02:24
My hair used to be straight.
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Nywele zangu zilikuwa hazijajikunja ziko moja kwa moja.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(vicheko)
02:28
I'm just kidding.
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ninatania.
02:29
(Laughter)
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(vicheko)
02:31
What really excites me about these storms
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kinachonifurahisha mimi kuhusu vimbunga hivi
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is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
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ni jinsi vinavyotembea,vinavyozunguka,
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with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
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na mawingu yenye vitu kama miale ya moto.
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They become lovely monsters.
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yanakuwa ni madude yanayotisha huku yakipendeza pia.
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When I'm photographing them,
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ninapoyapiga picha,
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I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
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nashindwa kujizuia kukumbuka mafundisho ya babu yangu.
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As I stand under them,
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na ninasimama chini yake,
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I see not just a cloud,
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naona sio tu wingu,
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but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
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lakini na kuelewa pia nina bahati ya kushuhudia
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is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
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nguvu zile zile ,mchakato ule ule, katika hali ndogo
03:03
that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
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ambavyo vilitengeneza anga letu,mfumo wa jua,jua letu
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and even this very planet.
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na hata sayari hii.
03:14
All my relations. Thank you.
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na mahusiano yote yangu. Asante sana.
03:17
(Applause)
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(Shangwe)
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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