You've Never Seen a Snowflake in This Much Detail (WARNING: Pic Heavy)

[DonViejo]

You've Never Seen a Snowflake in This Much Detail

By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

December 08, 2013; 4:30 PM

As the saying goes, no two snowflakes are exactly alike. Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov's collection of high-resolution magnified flakes makes this widely-held belief more convincing.

The Moscow-based photographer captured dozens of structurally diverse snowflakes, showcasing the complexity of each one against a dull backdrop.

"This year I planned to save current temperature and relative humidity, taken from weather sites with all shooting sessions, but previously I didn't do that."

Shooting at a variety of different conditions is critical to Kljatov's work, as snowflakes form into different shapes depending on temperature and humidity at the time of their formation.

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http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/snowflake-photos-alexey-kljatov/20716778

[seveneyes]

1. A beautiful Hex

[applegrove]

2. I love how some of the snowflakes are rococo, some are victorian, and some arts & crafts.

[Tree-Hugger]

3. Amazing!

Thank you for sharing. I currently have trillions of their buddies in front of my house.

[niyad]

4. alexy, I would be more than happy to donate all the cousins of your pics that are currently

residing at my house for your further investigations.

those pics are so beautiful. "messages in water", anyone?

[longship]

5. No messages other than the inevitable geometry of the molecules.

Which have the six-fold symmetry because that's the only way water crystals can form in nature. There's no message beyond the fact this is how nature arranges itself.

But that fact is itself enlightening. We can know nature and how these things happen and that something that seems miraculous is, in reality, inevitable. All this from four forces of nature which give rise to all this complexity.