It exists in many forms, as liquid, vapour and as many as 15 crystal structures of ice, with the commonly found hexagonal ice being singlehandedly responsible for the fascinating variety of snowflakes ...

The super-cooled droplets will then hit the surface of the snowflake and stick to it, causing that mottled effect on each end. Zoom out and you'll find Rime Ice is everywhere as it's the snow that ...

They've made these images of snowflakes available for our viewing pleasure. Above is a classic image, showing what we often think all snow crystals look like ... but magnified 162 times.

Kljatov experimented with magnified photographs of insects and butterflies, and years later, snowflake photography caught his eye. As a lifelong skier, he has always loved snow and winter.

This picture was taken December 11, 2017. #latergram #snowflakes #unique #unseen #inspired #oneofakind #onlyonce #invisible #magic #magnified #microscopy #microscope #microscopic #michaelperes @ ...