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You are a beautiful and curious snowflake.
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Snowflakes are infinitely beautiful, but are they infinitely unique? Here's all the science behind Earth's favorite cold crystal.
More reading:
Wilson Bentley, The Snowflake Man of Vermont http://publicdomainreview.org/2011/02/14/the-snowflake-man-of-vermont/
Kenneth Libbrecht's SnowCrystals website (the definitive snow science page on the internet): http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
The true shape of snowflakes: http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2013/04/scienceshot-true-shape-snowflakes?rss=1
Timeline of snowflake research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_snowflake_research
Interactive water crystal packing (Firefox is best) http://www.edinformatics.com/interactive_molecules/ice.htm
The case of two identical snowflakes: http://www.livescience.com/1239-scientist-snowflakes-alike.html
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Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer
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