Archives for: "November 2016"
How some snow-crystal centers retain their droplet origin
November 22nd, 2016If you zoom in on the center of some snow crystals, you may see a small circle, or near circle. In some cases, the crystal will have other circles of similar size as well, but the one to focus on is the one at the exact center of the crystal. Here marks… more »
How the water molecules make corner pockets
November 11th, 2016As I mentioned in my previous post, the formation of corner pockets on ice crystals is inexplicable by the standard theory of snow-crystal growth. Akira Yamashita had recently proposed a mechanism for corner pockets, though he had applied it to a… more »
