Photographing Snow Flakes

[Big Mike]

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

 

[JohnMF]

are they real snow flakes or jewellery crystals?

ive always wondered why snowflakes form symetrically... any one know?

 

[SlySniper]

ive always wondered why snowflakes form symetrically... any one know?

Here ya go, read these two articles: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/faceting/faceting.htm
and http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/dendrites/dendrite.htm