A snowflake may look like a tiny decoration, but its shape is created naturally inside a cloud.
The familiar six-sided symmetry comes from the molecular structure of ice.
Temperature and humidity influence V79 how the crystal grows as it moves through different parts of a cloud.
For V79 readers, every snow crystal is a tiny record of the conditions it encountered while forming.
A snowflake lasts only briefly, but its structure tells the story of its journey through the atmosphere.