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And Wherever there is Winter: There is Snow...

Snowflakes are complex and symmetrical – usually, variations on six-sided figures. In nature there are no eight, seven, five or four sided snow crystals, as Kenneth Libbrecht, professor of physics at Cal Tech, calls them in his book The Snowflake, Winter’s Secret Beauty. A typical snow crystal... Sign in to see full entry.

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