Sentences with phrase «snow crystals from»

And sweeping the tiny snow crystals from the face of the rug removes any last particles from the surface.

Wergin and Erbe have imaged tens of thousands of snow crystals from as nearby as the parking lot outside their Beltsville laboratory to as far as away as Alaska.

Not exact matches

Moore recently picked up his first Crystal Ball prediction from 247's Brian Snow.

His microscopic photos on display in his latest book, Snowflakes from Voyageur Press, show the intricate variety of snow crystals, and reveal the rigorous laws of nature that shape them.

This is the largest single snow crystal Libbrecht has ever photographed: From tip to tip, it was about the size of a dime.

When the temperature beneath a layer of snow crystals is significantly higher than the temperature above, ice from crystals lower in the snowpack sublimes — that is, vaporizes directly without melting — and then refreezes onto overlying crystals.

Seen under a microscope, normal water ice — everything from frozen ponds, to snow, to the ice we make at home — is made of crystals with hexagonal symmetry, Wyslouzil explained.

Snow crystals can grow into a wide variety of shapes, ranging from thin, plate - like flakes to slender hexagonal columns, and what shape they take depends on the temperature in which they grow.

From ornaments to kindergarten projects, when people think of snow this is the snow crystal that comes to mind.

A well - formed dendritic snow crystal (like that shown in the first illustration) has six main arms that are 60 degrees apart, branches at 60 degrees from each arm and, sometimes, smaller branches on those branches.

Snow - covered rotten dogs, icy golems and wintry sorcerers from the original Dark Souls 2 fight alongside ice crystal - covered humanoid creatures.

Undoubtedly it'll spend an unfortunate amount of time in Los Angeles traffic, but it's perhaps an earned retirement for a chariot that saw it all, from snow to sand, Great Lakes to crystal - blue sea.

From turquoise seas and sandy beaches, to crystal chandeliers and gilded ceilings, to snow capped mountains and crackling fireplaces, Fairmont provides the perfect setting for every occasion.

Beach Colony West is directly on the beach, just steps away from the most sought - after snow - white sand and crystal - clear waters of Northwest Florida!

From craggy mountain cliffs and snow - capped peaks to dry desert - like plains and crystal glacial - fed lakes, the backdrop for this train trip is constantly changing and incredibly breathtaking, no matter which route you travel on.

Initiated in the 1990s and spanning four continents, Reality Hacking consists of over 300 interventions to date, including such varied works as RH No. 320 (Snow Monsters)(2015), a constellation of twelve marble snowmen in various stages of melting that occupied the plaza outside of the Flatiron Building in New York City; RH No. 202 (2002 — 2003), a composition performed by the Ensemble for New Music Zurich based on a recording the artist made of a glass shelf filled with crystal objects crashing down a flight of stairs; RH No. 200 (2002), an artificial doughnut - shaped island built at the delta of a river in Switzerland using rocks and earth from the construction of a nearby tunnel; and RH No. 244 (2007), a snowman installed at the southernmost point of the African continent.

Once an ice crystal has formed, it absorbs and freezes additional water vapor from the surrounding air, growing into a snow crystal or snow pellet, which then falls to Earth.

The transition from snow to firn to ice occurs as the weight of overlying material causes the snow crystals to compress, deform and recrystalize in more compact form.