BEIJING, 16 November (BelTA - Xinhua). - Zhang Chao, an avid micrograph enthusiast from Beijing, recently reproduced a number of photographs of snowflakes pictured under his microscope for the public, ...

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(WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – Snowflakes can come in so many intricate shapes and patterns but still look the same to the naked eye. Upon closer look under a microscope, you can see the beautiful designs that ...

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You’ve heard it before, “no two snowflakes are alike.” Of course, scientists can’t possibly put every flake that flies under the microscope, so how can we be sure? The type of snowflake depends on the ...

This 10.0 mm (0.4 inches) monster snowflake holds the Guinness record for the largest snow crystal. A microscope was used to photograph it in four quadrants, which were later digitally recombined.

All of the snowflake photos on this page, believe it or not, were captured using a six-year-old point-and-shoot Canon camera and a standard 58mm SLR lens that was produced in the USSR sometime between ...

Under the microscope I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty, he said years later. (He often used the scientifically incorrect term snowflakes to avoid confusing people.) (I)t seemed a shame ...