Peer through a magnifying glass at a snowflake, and you'll see an ice creation more elaborate than anything Martha Stewart could cut from folded paper. So what's behind the snowflake's unique and ...

A snowflake is a small weather feature that can pack a big punch. Many are made up of just one single ice crystal while some, more elaborate snowflakes are comprised of as many as 200 ice crystals ...

But why are snowflake shapes so elaborate? Nobody has a good answer for that. The general explanation is that snowflakes form in the atmosphere where conditions are very complex and variable.

Their faces are often decorated with amazingly elaborate and symmetrical markings. Plate-like snowflakes form when the temperature is near -2 °C or near -15 °C. Such snowflakes are common.

We’ve all heard it—no two snowflakes are alike. However, they all seem to share that same six-sided shape, so what’s […] ...

Every snowflake holds a story.'Stories in the snow' is a project that involves taking pictures of freshly fallen snow crystals with little more than a smartphone that could unlock hidden ...

ASHWAUBENON (WLUK) -- Winter will soon be arriving to Northeast Wisconsin, which means snowflakes!But how do snowflakes truly form, what gives them their intricate and elaborate structure, and is ...

Scientists have had to devise elaborate means to study snowflake growth without perturbing it. In experiments started in the 1930s, for instance, ...

Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov has got up and close and personal with snowflakes, producing a beautiful set of images captured using a macro lens and an elaborate setup he created to capture ...

A snowflake is a small weather feature that can pack a big punch. Many are made up of just one single ice crystal while some, more elaborate snowflakes are comprised of as many as 200 ice crystals ...

A snowflake is a small weather feature that can pack a big punch. Many are made up of just one single ice crystal while some, more elaborate snowflakes are comprised of as many as 200 ice crystals ...