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.
所有嘢都係有關係嘅 作為一個辛納科克印度人 我從小就知道呢一點 我哋喺一個細嘅釣魚部落 就近紐約南安普敦、長島嘅東南部
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."
我細嘅時候 我爺爺會喺夏天帶我坐喺太陽之下 天空完全冇雲 過咗一段時間,我開始流汗 我爺爺就向天指著話: 「你睇下,見唔見到嗰個啊? 嗰個就係你嘅一部分。 嗰嚿就係由你汗水形成嘅雲, 將來化成雨來灌溉植物,同養動物。」 之後我繼續探索大自然裏面 「生命互連」嘅事物
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."
我個女同我講: 「媽媽,妳應該去追風」 所以 2008 年,我就開始追風
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.
因此我三日之後,渣得好快 為嘅就係追一個叫「超大胞」嘅巨雲 呢種巨雲能夠製造柚咁大嘅冰雹 同壯觀嘅龍捲風 但其實只有 2% 「超大胞」 落到大冰雹 呢的雲可以闊成 50 英里 高度可以有 65,000 呎 佢哋大到可以阻擋所有陽光 令到下面嘅事物好黑暗、好不祥
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.
追風係一個非常有質感嘅經驗 溫暖同潮濕嘅風吹著你嘅背脊 泥土、小麥、青草和帶電粒子帶住氣味 雲層呈現唔同色彩 形成冰雹嘅雲層,有綠色、綠松藍 我學識咗對閃電產生敬畏 因為我嘅頭髮以前係直㗎
(Laughter)
(笑聲)
I'm just kidding.
講笑咋
(Laughter)
(笑聲)
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.
真正令我興奮嘅係風暴嘅動態 即佢哋會同熔岩燈形狀嘅乳狀雲 一齊旋動、自轉同起伏 佢哋就好似可愛嘅怪獸一樣
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.
當我影相嘅時候 我無啦啦記返我爺爺教過我嘅嘢 當我企喺雲嘅下面 我唔單止見到一嚿雲 我仲明白到我有幸目睹嘅現象 係由製造我哋銀河、太陽系、太陽 甚至我哋地球嘅同一個力量所造成 雲團只係呢股力量嘅迷你版
All my relations. Thank you.
所以全部嘢都係有關嘅。多謝
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