Under some atmospheric conditions, forming and descending snow crystals may encounter and pass through atmospheric supercooled cloud droplets.
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Bentley published a monograph titled " Snow Crystals " which documented more than 2000 snowflakes and ice crystals.
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A striking high detail image of rime ( frost ) on both ends of a column-shaped snow crystal.
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The rime has been observed on all four basic forms of snow crystals, including plates, dendrites, columns, and needles.
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The snowflake occurs in modern heraldry, sometimes blazoned as a " snow crystal " or " ice crystal ".
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It broke the snow crystals up so they really packed in solidly, almost like a form of cement ".
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When you stepped down inside it was cozy and quiet, and whitewashed walls of snow crystal blinked back at you.
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The snow crystals in the debris pile left by an avalanche are packed together so densely that they feel like concrete.
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For that we can thank a self-taught Vermont scientist named Wilson Bentley, who perfected a microphotography technique that captured snow crystals'fragile beauty.
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These schematic drawings were based on original sketches made at the Glaishers'window from direct observation of snow crystals seen through magnifying lenses.
