I have a book all about snow. More like a photo album, each page shows a highly magnified and perfectly lighted snowflake. Also, like a scientific journal, the book classifies snowflakes into categories; needle, column, plate and rime. Though there are eight broad classifications and at least 80 variants, what unites all snowflakes is they are each a single crystal. Every single snowflake forms in supersaturated air masses acquiring their unique crystal shape as they move through differing temperature and humidity zones in the atmosphere as they fall to the earth.
Words Matter (Part Two)
Words Matter (Part Two)
Words Matter (Part Two)
I have a book all about snow. More like a photo album, each page shows a highly magnified and perfectly lighted snowflake. Also, like a scientific journal, the book classifies snowflakes into categories; needle, column, plate and rime. Though there are eight broad classifications and at least 80 variants, what unites all snowflakes is they are each a single crystal. Every single snowflake forms in supersaturated air masses acquiring their unique crystal shape as they move through differing temperature and humidity zones in the atmosphere as they fall to the earth.