A Field Guide to Snowflakes

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A Field Guide to Snowflakes

Posted by: Dr. Mercola
December 24 2005 | 2,934 views

No two snowflakes are ever exactly alike, but their forms usually fall into several broad categories. With the information on this Web site, you can impress your friends with your knowledge of the various kinds of snowflakes.

Plus, there are beautiful pictures of the many forms, including:

Stellar Dendrites (branched snowflakes)
Sectored Plates (flat and divided by ridges)
Hollow Columns (hexagonal, like a wooden pencil)
Needles (long and thin)
Spatial Dendrites (arms going in all directions)
Capped Columns (columns topped by plates)
Rimed Crystals (snowflakes covered with frozen droplets)
Irregular Crystals (broken snowflakes)

Sources:

SnowCrystals.com

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