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