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Snowflakes Under a Microscope

Cornhead

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How can anyone not be blown away by the phenomenon that is snow? It's Nature's magic trick.

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jaysunn

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So they say, every snow crystal has a different makeup. That's truly mind boggling if you think about a 2 foot drop of snow. Very awesome.
 

BenedictGomez

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I love it when the flakes are so big that you dont even need a microscope to see them quite well (about 1/8"diameter I'd guess).

That's a pretty rare phenomena, but I see it somewhat commonly at Whiteface. I dont know what causes this in their microclimate, but I feel like I've seen it there so many times that it cant be coincidence.
 
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