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flyingfysh

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8. It is because temperature, pressure, and humidity are almost the same for all parts of the snowflake

Reply to lillypaddle (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:32 PM

Jan 2019

Those determine how the ice crystals grow, and the flake is small enough that those conditions are almost the same. Any other flake will have a different history for those conditions, and so that flake will look different.

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How can somethings so random lillypaddle Jan 2019 #6

It is because temperature, pressure, and humidity are almost the same for all parts of the snowflake flyingfysh Jan 2019 #8

Thanks lillypaddle Jan 2019 #9

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