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  2. Snowflake - Wikipedia

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    A snowflake is a single ice crystal that is large enough to fall through the Earth's atmosphere as snow. [1] [2] [3] ...

  3. Timeline of snowflake research - Wikipedia

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    The hexagonal snowflake, a crystalline formation of ice, has intrigued people throughout history.This is a chronology of interest and research into snowflakes. Artists, philosophers, and scientists have wondered at their shape, recorded them by hand or in photographs, and attempted to recreate hexagonal snowflakes.

  4. Snow - Wikipedia

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    Snow can be compacted to form a snow road and be part of a winter road route for vehicles to access isolated communities or construction projects during the winter. [78] Snow can also be used to provide the supporting structure and surface for a runway, as with the Phoenix Airfield in Antarctica. The snow-compacted runway is designed to ...

  5. What is graupel? How it is different from sleet or hail? - AOL

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    Precipitation can take a variety of forms with each one posing its own hazards. Much of the precipitation that falls throughout the year begins as snowflakes high in the clouds. The snowflakes ...

  6. Wilson Bentley - Wikipedia

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    The Caldecott Medal winner in 1999 for the best-illustrated children's book was Snowflake Bentley, which remembers Bentley's life. [ 11 ] At the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium , a noted meteorological observation center in St. Johnsbury, Vermont , there is an exhibit about atmospheric ice crystal formation featuring several of Bentley’s ...

  7. Ukichiro Nakaya - Wikipedia

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    Nakaya Ukichoro Museum of Snow and Ice (the hexagonal building, echoing the six-sided nature of snowflakes), at Katayamazu hot springs, Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan. Nakaya was born near the Katayamazu hot springs in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, near the area depicted in Hokuetsu Seppu, an encyclopedic work published in 1837 that contains 183 sketches of natural snowflake crystals – the subject that ...

  8. ‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?

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    Unlike their human and real canine counterparts, robotic dogs aren’t distracted by visuals, sounds or smells they encounter. But despite their many impressive features, the devices can be taken ...

  9. Did an Illinois firefighter have a secret he was willing to ...

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    He says his client went there to discuss plans for being involved in the baby's life. "They discussed their finances," Kopp said. "And then Matt left as she was making some lunch."