Snowflakes,artwork. Snowflakes are ice crystals that form under calm weather conditions when the temperature is near the freezing point of water. Snowflakes have six-fold symmetry,but due to slight differences in the conditions in which they form,no two snowflakes are identical. A wide variety of beautiful patterns are possible. The two basic patterns,which often combine,are plate crystals (flat) and dendritic crystals (branching tree-like patterns). The snowflake at upper left is dentritic,while the ones at lower right are more plate-like. All five snowflakes here display six-fold symmetry | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Hks, Gary |
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