Winter is here (still). It's been very cold in Chicago, dipping this weekend to 20 below; but it seems to be warming up slowly. It was warm enough to snow last night, apparently, and there's a light dusting of white on the ground. But what you really want to know about is Kenneth Libbrecht, the physicist and snowflake-hobbyist who takes pictures of snowflakes with a specially designed microscope-camera. American Public Media's Weekend America talked to him about his photographs and put up a slideshow of them on their website. I was really surprised by some of the shapes he captured.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Winter is here (still). It's been very cold in Chicago, dipping this weekend to 20 below; but it seems to be warming up slowly. It was warm enough to snow last night, apparently, and there's a light dusting of white on the ground. But what you really want to know about is Kenneth Libbrecht, the physicist and snowflake-hobbyist who takes pictures of snowflakes with a specially designed microscope-camera. American Public Media's Weekend America talked to him about his photographs and put up a slideshow of them on their website. I was really surprised by some of the shapes he captured.
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oh, for goodness sakes.
at first i thought it was patrick taking artistic liberty on the pantry walls (i mumbled under my breath, man is he good).
then you dispelled that notion...
so,
never mind.
hoponpop
p.s. well, thanks for sharing the libbrechts.
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