Photomicrographs of Snowflakes 2004 -2013

A typical winter snow in Rochester New York can look like this

or like this

My dogs love the winter

In 2003, then student Emily Marshall asked me to teach students how to photograph snowflakes

Here Aaron Steck catches and sorts flakes on black velvet.

Jacqulyn Pisano sorts flakes using a retouching brush and pre-cleaned microscope slide

The catching trays and pre-cleaned slides hoping for a good catch

My homemade microscope

The objective and set up

The photographer at work in his garage :)

Snowflake No 1

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Snowflake No 19 - melting

Snowflake No 20 - melted