August 29, 2007: Snowflake under electron microscope

Undertoad · 08-29-2007, 09:08 PM

We've seen tons and tons of different snowflakes under an ordinary microscope, but what happens if you look closer?

This page has four shots of even closer images of a single flake. In fact, it's part of a single arm from a single six-sided flake.

Another page has put all the magnifications together so you can sort of imagine yourself getting closer and closer to the flake, until it's sort of incomprehensible how close you actually are.

Is it best to consider such things in the midst of summer?

08-29-2007, 09:08 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	August 29, 2007: Snowflake under electron microscope We've seen tons and tons of different snowflakes under an ordinary microscope, but what happens if you look closer? This page has four shots of even closer images of a single flake. In fact, it's part of a single arm from a single six-sided flake. Another page has put all the magnifications together so you can sort of imagine yourself getting closer and closer to the flake, until it's sort of incomprehensible how close you actually are. Is it best to consider such things in the midst of summer?

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