But the word “snowflake” also can refer to white puffballs that drift down from the sky, which are made of many individual snow crystals that have collided and gotten entangled.
The biggest natural one he ever saw fell on December 30, 2003, when Libbrecht was in Ontario, Canada and the conditions were just right — almost no wind and temperatures around 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
But researchers who study big puffy snowflakes, the kind that are clusters of many snow crystals, have their own doubts about that 19th century claim.
To get a snowflake as big as the one that supposedly fell in 1887, the weather conditions would have to be pretty unusual, says Yuter, and there’s no photographic evidence of that behemoth.
Yuter is an expert in photographing the intricate gatherings of snow crystals that fall as flakes, using a special contraption equipped with motion sensors and cameras to capture what our eyes can’t.
That could help explain why,while the Guiness records would have us believe in snowflakes the size of a dinner plate, the biggest she’s ever photographed was 35 millimeters across, or about an inch and a half.
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But the word “snowflake” also can refer to white puffballs that drift down from the sky, which are made of many individual snow crystals that have collided and gotten entangled.
The biggest natural one he ever saw fell on December 30, 2003, when Libbrecht was in Ontario, Canada and the conditions were just right — almost no wind and temperatures around 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
But researchers who study big puffy snowflakes, the kind that are clusters of many snow crystals, have their own doubts about that 19th century claim.
To get a snowflake as big as the one that supposedly fell in 1887, the weather conditions would have to be pretty unusual, says Yuter, and there’s no photographic evidence of that behemoth.
Yuter is an expert in photographing the intricate gatherings of snow crystals that fall as flakes, using a special contraption equipped with motion sensors and cameras to capture what our eyes can’t.
That could help explain why,while the Guiness records would have us believe in snowflakes the size of a dinner plate, the biggest she’s ever photographed was 35 millimeters across, or about an inch and a half.
The original article contains 959 words, the summary contains 190 words. Saved 80%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!