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As cool as the other side of your pillow (snowflakes)

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steezeandskis
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www.its.caltech.edu/%257Eatomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm
Aug 13 2010 7:55PM
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steezeandskis
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/ABus95/www.its.caltech.edu/%257Eatomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

oops
Aug 13 2010 7:56PM
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BLUMPKING
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wtf that cant be real
Aug 13 2010 8:06PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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pwetty
Aug 13 2010 8:07PM
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appa
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OH BELIEVE IT, IT'S REAL.

that's sick though and no other snowflakes to fall on this planet are identical to any of those.
Aug 13 2010 8:10PM
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jibbinc.
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snowflakes


how do they get shaped like that?
Aug 13 2010 8:12PM
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YoungJah
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Clouds that form snow crystals in the winter are made of liquid water droplet. When the temperature is below freezing the water is supercooled, meaning the droplets are cooled below the freezing point.

The shape of the snowflake is determined broadly by the temperature and humidity at which it is formed. The most common snow particles are visibly irregular . For example the most common snow flake “stellar plates” form at temperatures between -2 C (28 F) / -15 C (5 F).

Snowflake consists of roughly 1018 water molecules, which are added to its core at different rates and in different patterns, depending on the changing temperature and humidity within the atmosphere that the snowflake falls through on its way to the ground.
Aug 13 2010 9:10PM
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1337
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holy balls so awesome

and so is the other side of the pillow, favorite part of my night
Aug 13 2010 9:14PM
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tacobellslayer
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Fucking magnets

How do they work?

Aug 13 2010 9:17PM
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