Posted: Mar 25, 2015: Snowflakes become square with a little help from graphene (Nanowerk News) The breakthrough findings, reported in the journal Nature ("Square ice in graphene nanocapillaries"), ...

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.

How to Take a Picture of a Single, Ultra-Magnified Snow Flake You—yes, you !—can help prove that no two flurries are alike. All you need is a good camera, a plastic bag, and some tape.