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Snowflakes photographed by Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley showing hexagonal symmetry and a dendritic pattern
Snowflakes photographed by Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley. He is the first known photographer of snowflakes. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated. His photographs date from about 1902.
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Photo credit: © Scott Camazine / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alwyn, bentley, crystal, dendrite, hexagon, ice, snow, snowflake, symmetry, wilson