Snowflakes on February 11th, 2010
Snowflakes reveal a wealth of three-dimensional details like indents, ridges and enclosed bubbles. Note the symmetrical decorations of the central hexagon. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 4 digital camera through a Novex microscope, processed with Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Split stellar crystal from three fragments. Possibly the crystal broke and refroze.
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