Cool video shows how snowflakes form and why they have distinctive shapes

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
1/8/2013
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Check out this cool video!

Check out this "cool" video which shows how a snowflake forms as it falls to earth. The video was produced by the American Chemistry Society for educational purposes.

This mature snowflake passed through several cycles of refreezing, giving it its complex pattern.

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According to the society, snowflakes start with a grain of dust, to which a droplet of water sticks. The droplet then freezes and re-freezes, accumulating layers as it goes. The crystalline structure of the ice gives the flake its six-sided dimension.

The longer the flake lasts in the cloud, the larger and more distinctive it becomes.

Check out the video and learn something new!

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Paul-Emile Leray
5 months ago
See the parallels present with "The Cloud of Unknowing".
Paul-Emile Leray

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