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Ten of the world's first snowflake photos go on sale
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

The first person in the world to photograph a single snow crystal was Wilson Bentley, a Vermont farmer, in 1885. Ten of his pioneering prints are on sale in New York.

This report from The Canadian Press. The Guardian and BBC also have reports: Guardian ... BBC Online

Quote:
By jury-rigging a microscope with a bellows camera, Bentley was able to capture for the first time the exquisite delicacy of a snowflake. His groundbreaking 1931 book, "Snow Crystals," recorded for posterity the beauty, fragility and lacy designs of 2,500 snowflakes.

"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others," Bentley said in 1925. "Every crystal was a masterpiece of design, and no one design was ever repeated. When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost."


Anyone tried to photograph a snow crystal? Must be fun.


Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 22-01-10 13:23; edited 1 time in total
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

There's a gallery of the pictures in The Telegraph
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

My stepson has a book full of them.
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