Snowflake

Snowflake with a stellar (or dendritic) crystal form, made in a cloud when water freezes at negative fifteen degrees Celsius. When crystallization occurs slowly, in calm air and in temperatures near the freezing point, snowflakes will exhibit hexagonal symmetry.

Filename

Snowflake05-1936.jpg

Copyright

Ted Kinsman / Science Source Inc.

Image Size

4500x3000 / 4.2MB

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