Actual snowflakes, as opposed to the all-too-easily-triggered type, are but crystalline water, the structure of which can be determined by X-ray crystallography. The water molecules form hexagonal structures, as seen in the rotating 3D ball and stick crystal structure seen below:
The Previous “Posts of Christmas”:
Day 1 – Water crystallizing into a snowflake.
Day 2 – Long-lost Christmas song rediscovered: ‘Crown Winter With Green’.
Day 3 – The Christmas song “Suzy Snowflake”.
Day 4 – Christmas pug wuvs you!”.
Day 5 – The late, great Christopher Lee sings ‘Jingle Hell’.
Day 6 – Adam Sandler’s ‘The Christmas Song’.
Day 7 – It turns out that even Andy Warhol looked forward to Santa’s visit.
Day 8 – Lemmy and friends sing ‘Run Rudolph Run’
Day 9 – Dear Santa, What I’d really, really like for Christmas…
Day 10 – ‘Coventry Carol’ by Loreena McKennitt
Day 11 – A little Christmas message for our enemies around the world.
Day 12 – Twas The Night Before Christmas.
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