Kenneth Libbrecht

very loosely connected into this three-dimensional complex shape that has this delicate structure. And it's usually, you know, got a lot of like little holes in it and it's elongated and it's kind of flattened, you know. So it's not like a round ball or something. It's really quite weird looking. I mean, I wouldn't think just looking at snowfall that that is what a snowflake looks like.

very loosely connected into this three-dimensional complex shape that has this delicate structure. And it's usually, you know, got a lot of like little holes in it and it's elongated and it's kind of flattened, you know. So it's not like a round ball or something. It's really quite weird looking. I mean, I wouldn't think just looking at snowfall that that is what a snowflake looks like.

very loosely connected into this three-dimensional complex shape that has this delicate structure. And it's usually, you know, got a lot of like little holes in it and it's elongated and it's kind of flattened, you know. So it's not like a round ball or something. It's really quite weird looking. I mean, I wouldn't think just looking at snowfall that that is what a snowflake looks like.

But when you see it, you know, sort of like just white against black, kind of frozen in time. It's really pretty cool.

But when you see it, you know, sort of like just white against black, kind of frozen in time. It's really pretty cool.

But when you see it, you know, sort of like just white against black, kind of frozen in time. It's really pretty cool.

So she and her colleagues have taken photos of more than 100,000 snowflakes, and the biggest she's ever seen was 35.33 millimeters. Wow. across. So that's like 1.4 inches, like almost an inch and a half.

So she and her colleagues have taken photos of more than 100,000 snowflakes, and the biggest she's ever seen was 35.33 millimeters. Wow. across. So that's like 1.4 inches, like almost an inch and a half.

So she and her colleagues have taken photos of more than 100,000 snowflakes, and the biggest she's ever seen was 35.33 millimeters. Wow. across. So that's like 1.4 inches, like almost an inch and a half.

Yeah. And they don't have any photographic evidence for that one, remember. That's just somebody's report of what they saw back in 1887.

Yeah. And they don't have any photographic evidence for that one, remember. That's just somebody's report of what they saw back in 1887.

Yeah. And they don't have any photographic evidence for that one, remember. That's just somebody's report of what they saw back in 1887.

You know, I don't know. I mean, again, nothing's impossible. But, you know, the constraints on size have to do with the time that the snow crystals have to kind of glom together before hitting the ground. So, you know, and the amount of snow crystals that are up there, you know, floating around in the storm to potentially collide with each other and get tangled up with each other.

You know, I don't know. I mean, again, nothing's impossible. But, you know, the constraints on size have to do with the time that the snow crystals have to kind of glom together before hitting the ground. So, you know, and the amount of snow crystals that are up there, you know, floating around in the storm to potentially collide with each other and get tangled up with each other.

You know, I don't know. I mean, again, nothing's impossible. But, you know, the constraints on size have to do with the time that the snow crystals have to kind of glom together before hitting the ground. So, you know, and the amount of snow crystals that are up there, you know, floating around in the storm to potentially collide with each other and get tangled up with each other.

So let's say a storm is six kilometers high, which is pretty typical. A snow crystal might form at the top and then it starts to fall. It starts to drift down and it's falling at about a meter per second. So it has more than an hour before it hits the ground, you know, but not like infinite time, you know, a couple hours tops.

So let's say a storm is six kilometers high, which is pretty typical. A snow crystal might form at the top and then it starts to fall. It starts to drift down and it's falling at about a meter per second. So it has more than an hour before it hits the ground, you know, but not like infinite time, you know, a couple hours tops.

So let's say a storm is six kilometers high, which is pretty typical. A snow crystal might form at the top and then it starts to fall. It starts to drift down and it's falling at about a meter per second. So it has more than an hour before it hits the ground, you know, but not like infinite time, you know, a couple hours tops.

And as the snow crystal is falling, the wind is blowing it around and it can get tangled up with other crystals that formed, you know, farther down in the storm. You know, that's why you have all these different shapes is because the crystals are forming in different conditions in the storm. And so that's why, you know, they all look slightly different and they all get mixed up together.

And as the snow crystal is falling, the wind is blowing it around and it can get tangled up with other crystals that formed, you know, farther down in the storm. You know, that's why you have all these different shapes is because the crystals are forming in different conditions in the storm. And so that's why, you know, they all look slightly different and they all get mixed up together.