Hexagonal snowflakes
Snowflakes are not exotic for people who live in cold countries, but for those of us who come from the tropics, pretty, hexagonal snowflakes only exist in textbooks and on TV. Even here in New Haven, they are fairly uncommon, because you need special conditions (particular ranges of humidity and temperature) for them to form; maybe we see them once a year. Today was one of those days, so we took some pictures for those of you who live in warm places and never see this phenomenon.
Note: a penny is 19.05 mm wide, so the snowflake in the picture is roughly 5 mm wide.
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