Flat Plate Snowflake
This is one of a series of snowflakes I photographed during a recent snowstorm. I had to keep the temperature of my equipment below freezing. The outside air temperature was about 27 degrees Fahrenheit. It was back illuminated using a microscope light source. The snowflake was suspended on a chilled glass slide and photographed using photomicroscopy optics on my digital SLR.
This snowflake is a flat hexagonal snowflake. The crystal on the right side of the flake formed in an unsymmetric manner.
In the story Photographing Snowflakes.
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Einar Egeland gave props (30 Dec 2008):
Very interesting, both technical and creative!
