Thursday, January 08, 2009
Snow is prettier up close
You must check out this breathtakingly beautiful photo essay documenting the work of Cal Tech professor Kenneth G. Librecht, a physicist who studies snowflakes and their crystalline structure. As someone trapped in the depths of a Michigan winter, I'm deeply predisposed to hating snow, but these images are so gorgeous I may never gripe about shoveling again. Or at least for the coming week. Here's a sample photo:
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Wow...they're so gorgeous. I think this may allow me to beg off shoveling the deck, claiming it instead as an 'artistic installation'.
Ooh, I like that. I'm going to use that one in the future.
Wow, thanks for sharing that! Those photos are gorgeous and awe-inspiring at the same time.
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Those are awesome. However, look at Mr. Bentley from Vermont who did what he could with early cameras in the 1900s. I've long been a fan of his.
Thanks for the great blog! i love it!
angie
Wow, Anonymous, I can't believe he took those shots in the 19th century. Gorgeous work.
Totally love this. I've been using a photo of a snow crystal for my icon for a few years now...
Those photos are really neat. Whenever I'm on a ski lift, I always look really, really closely at my arms to see the flakes up-close and personal.
You are more than welcome to send some of your snow southward to me.
I agree that individual snow flakes are gorgeous, and there's nothing quite like a peaceful winter landscape (I live in New Hampshire, so I get to look at winter landscapes quite a lot, LOL).
However:
"Those who show me stars in it
Have never pushed their cars in it."
Therein lies the problem with snow. : )
One day a couple of weeks ago, I was outside waiting for the bus, and the most perfect little snowflake landed on my glove. I just stood there for a couple of minutes, staring at its perfectness. That brightened up my morning.
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