Short Sharp Science: Photos reveal the secrets of snowflakes’ shapes.
Chelsea Whyte, contributor
(Image: Kenneth G. Libbrecht)
Did you know that snowflakes grow? They all start as a hexagonal crystal of ice and then spread out, forming delicate arms and enchantingly intricate patterns.
It’s long been known that different temperatures influence the patterns of ice crystal growth. Near -2 °C, they grow into small, flat discs. At -5 °C, they form slender columns and needles. Near -15 °C, the thinnest, largest flakes, like the one pictured, emerge. At temperatures below -30 °C, they make columns once again.
So what makes snowflakes like this one grow so large and flat? Caltech physicist Kenneth Libbrecht found instability in their growth that leads to what he calls a “sharpening effect”.
As the snow crystal develops at -15 °C, a small ridge builds up at the edge and then spreads out toward the moist air in a sharp blade. Because the corners of the hexagon stick out farther than the centre, they collect moisture and grow faster.
“As soon as the ledge gets a little bit sharper, then it grows faster, and if it grows faster, then it gets sharper still, creating a positive feedback effect,” Libbrecht says.
This is just the first step in snowflake science. Libbrecht says he still doesn’t know exactly why different temperatures lead to sharpening on different faces of snow crystals, resulting in columns, discs, and plates.
Check out a gallery of Libbrecht’s snowflake images
00:00 01 December 2008
These snowflake photos were taken by Kenneth Libbrecht of CalTech, using a specially-designed snowflake photomicroscope. They show real snow crystals that fell to earth in northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
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