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Patiently
Waiting for Snow This
Holiday Season? ☃️
Your
friends at SciJinks are,
too. While we wait for
fluffy snowfall and get
excited for sledding,
snowball fights, and
more, let's spend some
time together learning
about all things chilly!
❄️
Snowflakes
have quite an adventure
before landing on your
eyelashes. As
snowflakes blow back and
forth in the atmosphere,
they experience all
sorts of changing
conditions. The order in
which a
snowflake experiences
changes and how long
each set of conditions
lasts determines the
shape it makes.
That
is why you will never
find two truly identical
snowflakes! It is
astronomically unlikely
for two snowflakes to
experience the same
exact of conditions all
the way down to the
microscopic level. Learn
more by clicking around
below.
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