Snow Crystal No. 1018
Pictures by Wilson A. Bentley
A single snow crystal, photographed through a microscope by Wilson A. Bentley in Vermont around 1890, glows pale and intricate against deep navy. Bentley took more than 5,000 such photographs, and they made famous the idea that no two snowflakes are alike. For someone one of a kind, in the quiet of winter.
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From the snow crystals of Wilson Bentley / SNOW CRYSTAL NO. 1018 / Photomicrograph by Wilson A. Bentley, Jericho, Vermont, about 1890 / Snow crystal No. 1018, photographed through a microscope about 1890 by Wilson A. Bentley of Jericho, Vermont. His more than 5,000 photographs made famous the idea that no two snowflakes are alike.
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