Snowflake #16
by Perennou Nuridsany
Title
Snowflake #16
Artist
Perennou Nuridsany
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Macrophotograph of a snow crystal showing characteristic hexagonal symmetry. Each crystal is made up from water molecules, arranged with 2 hydrogen atoms making an angle of 105 degrees with 1 oxygen atom. The fixed shape of the water molecule means they can assume a stable crystal arrangement only when arranged as a 6-branched figure. Despite essential hexagonal similarity no two snowflakes are identical because their growth from cloud, through sky, to the ground is influenced by temperature, humidity, air currents etc., & these conditions are never identical for two snowflakes. Mag x5 at 35mm, x9 at 6x4.5 size.
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June 26th, 2018
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