08 February 2012

snowflake study.

today I would like to share something which I find beautiful and inspiring.
flickr commons - smithsonian institution - snowflake study:

1890: Wilson A. Bentley attached a camera to his microscope to study snowflakes crystalline structure.
I have always found fascinating the fact that no two snowflakes are alike. before moving to Finland snow was just something extraordinary and beautiful - after two winters in Helsinki I have learnt that there are different types of snow: the one that is sticky enough to build snowmen with and the one that is so dry that you can walk into it without getting wet at all. I will be daily stepping on the white for about 5 months each year!