An expert's take on snowflakes
Friday, December 23, 2011 - 20:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Each one is different, but Caltech physicist Kenneth Libbrecht explains why there's even more variety than we might imagine.Who hasn't caught a snowflake in a mitten and marveled at its star-like detail, and then recalled that no two snowflakes are alike? But these crystals of ice are even more varied than one might imagine — there are needle-like snowflakes, hollow-column snowflakes and flakes that look like delicate dumbbells, with two joined together by a column.
