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Snowflake Structure

A snowflake starts when water freezes into a crystal around a nucleation point (speck of dust).

The final shape of a snowflake is dictated by temperature, humidity and wind speed.

Here are just some of the many different shapes.

[b][u]Triangular[/u][/b]


[b][u]Stellar Plate[/u][/b]


[b][u]Fern-like Stellar Dendrite[/u][/b]


[b][u]Needles[/u][/b]


[b][u]Capped Columns[/u][/b]

Lilymoon · F
And every one is different ❄️

sciguy18 · M
@Lilymoon And purty too...
Nature never ceases to amaze.

A snowflake landed on my coat sleeve the other day. Tiny yet stunning in its intricacy, & delicate beauty.
A miniature crystal star, fallen intact, all that way.
sciguy18 · M
smiler2012 · 56-60
{@sciguy18] 🙄 when i read your question i thought what are you starting here. but yes it is interesting how every indivdual flake is formed and can be gone in an instance when it hits the ground
sciguy18 · M
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
Cool, sorry about the pun. I nearly got frost bite trying to photograph snowflakes and really only was able to get ice. One morning it was a little warmer and flakes easier to find. The conditions really have to be just right.
How many of you thought for a split second that this post was about the so called snowflakes of our society? Hahahah.
sciguy18 · M
@Existentior I guess some people may have thought that.
SW-User
Beautiful 💙
sciguy18 · M
@SW-User 👍
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
💙❄️🌧
sciguy18 · M
@ChampagneOnIce Snowflake emojis - very appropriate.
Wow, that’s so amazing ! 😃
sciguy18 · M
@bijouxbroussard And that’s only a handful...

 
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