Thursday, January 17, 2013

3D Snowflakes

These are some incredibly beautiful close-up pictures of snowflakes, taken by an electron microscope cooled to -170C. So amazing!



(photos via emu.arsusda.gov)


Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; 
so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
-- Henry David Thoreau


1 comment:

Patricia G said...

Amazing and strange! They look man-made.

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