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Also see … I mean hear: Radiolab's piece on the early days of snowflake photography (featuring Pope Kenneth, of course): https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/ra
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Also see … I mean hear: Radiolab's piece on the early days of snowflake photography (featuring Pope Kenneth, of course): https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/257203-snowflakes https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/25720...
> […] how it all began in a cold, snowy farm in Vermont in 1880, when a kid named Wilson Bentley put a snowflake under a microscope and started a lifelong quest to capture perfection. […] But his crystal-clear vision of reality was tied to a set of ideals that ultimately blinded him from the cold, hard facts in front of him.
Don't miss the companion blog post: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/257288-snowflake-science https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/25728...