Sem Of Snow & Ice Crystals is a photograph by Dr Jeremy Burgess which was uploaded on May 7th, 2013.
Sem Of Snow & Ice Crystals
False-colour scanning electron micrograph of a pair of tiny, flower-like ice crystals. Snow & ice crystals have a characteristic hexagonal symmetry.... more
Title
Sem Of Snow & Ice Crystals
Artist
Dr Jeremy Burgess
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Photograph
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False-colour scanning electron micrograph of a pair of tiny, flower-like ice crystals. Snow & ice crystals have a characteristic hexagonal symmetry. Each crystal is made up from water molecules, arranged with 2 hydrogen atoms making an angle of 105 degrees with 1 oxygen atom. The fixed shape of the water molecule means they can assume a stable crystal arrangement only when arranged as a 6- branched figure. Despite essential hexagonal similarity no two crystals are identical because their growth is influenced by temperature, humidity, air currents etc., & these conditions are never quite the same. Magnification x400 at 35mm size, x600 at 6x4.5cm size.
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May 7th, 2013
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