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Canon 60D
Reversed 18-55mm
I'm launching a series of shots titled "Snowflake Structure" that will feature some of my favorite snowflake shots from this winter Here's one of the first ones I shot this winter that I was truly proud of. I thought this would be a good snowflake to kick things off, as it's a fairly simple flake yet displays the complex structural behavior found in nearly every single snowflake This isn't the "classic" snowflake you look down at and see on your coat. More often than not, those are "fernlike stellar dendrites" which are the largest type of snowflake (thus making them easily discernible to the human eye). The type of flake shown here is called a "stellar plate" and is one of my favorite types to shoot. You can see the beginnings of the six "arms" on the outside, but to me, the most interesting thing about these is the inside. In the center of the flake, you can see a peculiar little pattern that repeats along each of the six sides of the flake. This pattern is actually a grouping of bubbles inside the impossibly thin layer of ice that makes up the flake. These bubbles form symmetrically and in very complex patterns as the flake grows and encounters different temperatures as it falls through the atmosphere. Ice freezes in different patterns depending on the temperature it freezes in. This is what causes the innumerable number of complex designs found in snowflakes. They each fall in their own path while falling to the Earth, encountering a different gradient of temperatures and levels of moisture.

That's the basic gist of how snowflakes work! If you'd like to learn more, check out this page: www.framedbynature.net/snowfla…

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Like my work? Follow me on Facebook!

Witness the power of nature...
Canon 60D
Reversed 18-55mm
I'm launching a series of shots titled "Snowflake Structure" that will feature some of my favorite snowflake shots from this winter Here's one of the first ones I shot this winter that I was truly proud of. I thought this would be a good snowflake to kick things off, as it's a fairly simple flake yet displays the complex structural behavior found in nearly every single snowflake This isn't the "classic" snowflake you look down at and see on your coat. More often than not, those are "fernlike stellar dendrites" which are the largest type of snowflake (thus making them easily discernible to the human eye). The type of flake shown here is called a "stellar plate" and is one of my favorite types to shoot. You can see the beginnings of the six "arms" on the outside, but to me, the most interesting thing about these is the inside. In the center of the flake, you can see a peculiar little pattern that repeats along each of the six sides of the flake. This pattern is actually a grouping of bubbles inside the impossibly thin layer of ice that makes up the flake. These bubbles form symmetrically and in very complex patterns as the flake grows and encounters different temperatures as it falls through the atmosphere. Ice freezes in different patterns depending on the temperature it freezes in. This is what causes the innumerable number of complex designs found in snowflakes. They each fall in their own path while falling to the Earth, encountering a different gradient of temperatures and levels of moisture.

That's the basic gist of how snowflakes work! If you'd like to learn more, check out this page: www.framedbynature.net/snowfla…

Want to see more of my work? Check out the links below!

[Framed By Nature .NET ]
[Facebook ] [Twitter ]

[Tumblr ] [Redbubble ] [Youtube ] [Vimeo ]