Snowflakes are amazing—just like internet arguments: no two are the same, but they all melt under a little heat.
DrBlaze
I want to believe that in billions and billions of years there must have been at least two snowflakes that coincidentally looked exactly the same. I just want to.
pyle
First Snowflake: "You guys can copy my homework but change the wording so it obvious."
Trillions of Snowflakes:"Got it"
devam
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
"So which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?"
kazmisahab
Fun fact:
In 1988 Nancy Knight (USA), a scientist at the National Center for Atmosphere Research in Boulder, Colorado, USA, found two identical examples while studying snow crystals from a storm in Wisconsin, using a microscope.
(It's a Guiness-record)
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Nature is so beautiful ❄️. Thanks for the information ❤
reenusharma_
scan them and make jewelry, all would have unique shapes even if made by a machine as it would generate snowflakes to scan
IberianCraftsman
I remember the first time I saw snow (I live in Florida) and realized that you could actually see snowflakes and their shapes. I’ve only ever seen footage like this that makes them seem so microscopic. I got so excited that they were actually tiny, adorable little snowflake shapes
oliviareeves
“So what do you specialize in?”
“Snowflakes.”
A-KAY-
this made me emotional for some reason. our planet is truly beautiful and a wonder of science.
kiiyann
I love the shapes, it surprises me, how we may never know what might be hiding in plain sight.
Aa_
Growing up in Los Angeles, we made paper cut outs of snowflakes, but I thought they weren’t really shaped that way on the way a heart is not shaped like a valentines heart. I was stationed in Alaska when I was in the Army and had a snowflake land on my glove and saw that they were really shaped like that!
cappyjones
The fractal patterns is just pure amazing.
boomk
It snowed in my area today and i thought of how snowflakes were formed and i immediately thought of you explaining it and now i feel existential
Kourtkilledkurt
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, scientist Nancy Knight discovered two seemingly identical snowflakes while studying snow crystals from a Wisconsin storm in 1988
richardbillette
Why’d he put so much emphasis on The Final Shape like he knows he just triggered every D2 player’s neurons to fire at maximum
Planet_E_Dub
The real reason every snowflake is different is because I manufacture every single one of them by hand. It's a thankless job but somebody has to do it.
Drax_DBZ
Maybe snowflake shapes are friends we made along the way
dandeechannel
And that hexagonal crystallization is why unlike most other liquids, water expands when frozen. Also why you can “melt” ice with pressure instead of heat as you can effectively break the crystallization.
daydreamer
The crazy part is the crystal structure is always close to 2-dimensional. It's not a sea urchin, but a sheet of paper.
