In the skies high above, a solitary snowflake is forming. Seeded by a speck of debris—dust, salt, a bacterium carried aloft—the tiny, delicate crystal grows and grows, with ever-more water depositing ...

(WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – Snowflakes can come in so many intricate shapes and patterns but still look the same to the naked eye. Upon closer look under a microscope, you can see the beautiful designs that ...

Using a special photo-microscope, Kenneth Libbrecht, a Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, has spent the last 11 years catching and photographing snowflakes Credit: ...

Espoo's snow-covered Löfkulla Golf course recently underwent a temporary makeover by snowshoe enthusiasts who joined forces on social media. The idea about creating a massive snow illustration came to ...

With a camera-equipped microscope of his own making, Kenneth G. Libbrecht shoots some of the world’s most stunning photographs of snowflakes. Since October, four of the physicist’s images have adorned ...