The Electron Microscopy Unit of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland has put some snowflakes under an electron microscope and published the results. Report with images at Wired Science (December 27, 2010). According to the report, "studying the structure of snow is vital to several areas of science as well as to activities that affect our daily lives." All images credited: Electron and Confocal Microscopy Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
They look like they're forged out of hardened steel. How the hell are they () that big?
ReplyDeletethey aren't big at all, they are just ZOOMED way the hell in!
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