Snowflakes take many forms. This is a photo gallery of snowflakes and ice crystals.
- Snow ImagesScanning Electron Micrographs of Snow Crystals
- Snowflake - Fernlike Stellar DendriteThis snowflake exhibits a fernlike variation of the dendrite shape.
- Snowflake ElectromicrographSnowflake Electromicrograph
- Snow Crystal - Tsuzumi FormSnow Crystal - Tsuzumi Form
- Column SnowflakesSome snowflakes have a columnar shape.
- Column and Bullet SnowflakesColumn and bullet snowflakes can grow across a wide range of temperatures.
- Hexagonal Plate Snow CrystalThis electron micrograph shows an example of a rimed hexagonal snow crystal.
- Needle Snow CrystalsNeedles are slender ice crystals that tend to form when the temperature is about -5 degrees Celsius.
- Irregular Snow CrystalsMost snowflakes exhibit irregular crystalline forms.
- Hexagonal Plate Snow CrystalThis snowflake is a simple hexagonal plate.
- Hexagonal Plate Snow CrystalThis snowflake exhibits hexagonal plate crystal structure.
- Snowflake with a StarThis hexagonal plate snowflake bears the shape of a six-pointed star in its center.
- Graphic Index
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