While browsing the Internet this morning, I came across a web site which explains how we now know that no two snowflakes are alike. Wilson A. Bentley of Vermont became the first person to photograph a snow crystal in 1885. He did this with the help of a microscope and a bellows camera. According to the web site, Mr. Bentley photographed "more than 5000 snowflakes during his lifetime, not finding any two alike."A lesson in photographic history and science, this is so interesting to me. I look forward to sharing this web site with my little girls!
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