Snowflakes – Up Close & Personal
We’ve always heard that no two snowflakes are alike . . . hard to imagine when you think how many gazillions there are of them. But after looking at the black and white photographs taken by Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) you’d have to agree. I saw these few images on the ‘The Fox Nation’ website earlier and found them to be absolutely amazing.
“Photography in 1885 was closer to science than art, and by connecting a bellows camera to a microscope to capture the tiny beauty of the flake, Wilson Bentley pushed the bounds of both.”, Fox News
I found it curious that they come in all manner of styles – some appear to be almost solid while others are delicate and lacey. But regardless of how they look - it would appear that all have 6 sides. I’ve uploaded a few of the images for you to see. Click once on the image to make it larger, click twice to return it to smaller size.
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