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According to Environment Canada Meteorologist Matt Loney, no two sunsets are the same, similar to snowflakes. Mother Nature's kaleidoscopic paintbrush picks up a multitude of hues, with light ...

My jaw dropped upon seeing Donald Streckeisen — a very conscientious Hartman Elementary School fifth-grader — complete an ...

We’ve all heard it—no two snowflakes are alike. However, they all seem to share that same six-sided shape, so what’s […] ...

In ice crystals water molecules line up and form a hexagon which is why all snowflakes have six sides but not all water molecules are the same so naturally the makeup of a snowflake won't be either.

The science of snowflakes: See how they form and why no two are ever alike Snow is made up of trillions of tiny ice crystals that make snowflakes, with not one alike. Here's how they form.

Old snow packs down, and the surface becomes more even. So, the sparkliest snow happens on sunny days right after a snowfall with big snowflakes. Those ice crystals will have crisp edges.

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Plates When many people draw a snowflake, they probably dream of a plate-shaped ice crystal. These are thin, flat, six-sided crystals that can have simple or ornate patterns.

Ice crystals grow in the clouds where water vapour deposits onto impurities such as dust or pollutants. If these newborn snowflakes fall into warm air beneath the clouds, they’ll melt into ...