Most of us have heard the phrase “no two snowflakes are alike.” But the idea that every snow crystal is unique traces back to ...

BEIJING, 16 November (BelTA - Xinhua). - Zhang Chao, an avid micrograph enthusiast from Beijing, recently reproduced a number of photographs of snowflakes pictured under his microscope for the public, ...

Nathan Myhrvold created the Snowflake Cam to capture up-close pictures of snowflakes. He calls it "the highest resolution snowflake camera in the world." He has traveled all over the US to find ...

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What are snowflakes? Every winter, the world gets a shower of white, delicate crystals from space that turn the ground into a winter wonderland. But how many of us have really thought about how ...

With more smartphones equipped with macro lenses, you no longer need to haul around a big camera to capture decent views of delicate snowflakes. Look for where they tumble down across cold windshields ...

Any snowfall can be a headache and all-out nuisance for many of us each winter. Yet Mother Nature's burden is also a wonder to behold. For photographer Nathan Myhrvold, capturing the beauty of ...

All of the snowflake photos on this page, believe it or not, were captured using a six-year-old point-and-shoot Canon camera and a standard 58mm SLR lens that was produced in the USSR sometime between ...