The Exploratorium, located in San Francisco, is a world-renowned, playful learning laboratory of provocative exhibits and experiences that ignite curiosity and transform the way people learn.
Snowy Bits
Melting snow and ice on a car windshield at Lake Tahoe. #noticing
Photo by Amy Snyder
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nybg:
As we hoof it toward winter, we expect to be seeing more snowflakes in the Garden (barring another winter like last year, of course). What I didn’t expect to see was the extent to which these snowflakes resemble plants, be it a small shrub, the tip of a pine branch, or a spindly desert-dwelling tree. —MN
Remarkable Macro Photographs of Ice Structures and Snowflakes
Russian photographer Andrew Osokin has done a phenomenal job of capturing such bizarre ice formations, you can explore hundreds more photos over in his LensArt profile.
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Ice Balloon
Salt sprinkled on a ball of ice etches intricate channels in the frozen sphere.
Photo by Lily Rodriguez
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Watch Water Freeze
Spiky ice crystals seen through polarized light shine with rainbow colors at the Exploratorium exhibit Watch Water Freeze.
Photo by Amy Snyder
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Ice Balloons
Ice balloons tinted with food coloring create a lesson in water phenomena for teachers at the Exploratorium. To see Exploratorium physicist Paul Doherty discuss ice balloons and other chilly phenomena, check out Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists.
Photo by Amy Snyder
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