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Contents An Introduction to Snowflake Watching 7 Part I: Understanding Snowflakes Snowflake Fundamentals 10 The Morphology Diagram 11 Snowflake Symmetry 12 No Two Alike? 13 Crystal Faceting 16 The Branching Instability 18 Faceting versus Branching 19 The Knife-Edge Instability 21 Ridges, Ribs, and Rims 24 Sublimation 27 Rime 28 Snowflake Classification 30 The Origin of Snow 32 Part II: Field Guide Hieroglyphics in Ice 34 Simple Prisms 35 Stellar Plates 39 Sectored Plates 49 Stellar Dendrites 55 Fernlike Stellar Dendrites 59 Hollow Columns 64 Needles 67 Capped Columns 69 Double Plates 75 Hollow Plates 77 Split Plates and Split Stars 82 Scrolls and Chandeliers 85 Bullet Rosettes 86 Radiating Plates and Dendrites 87 Sheaths 88 Cups 89 Triangular Crystals 90 Crystal Twins 93 Twelve-branched Snowflakes 96 Irregular Snowflakes 99 Hoarfrost 100 Part III: Observing Snowflakes Magnification 102 Snowflake Photography 103 Finding Snowflakes 105 Lighting 107 Index 112
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Snowflakes -- Juvenile literature.
Snowflakes -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.