This book is about snowflakes - amazing and mysterious tiny ice sculptures that fall to earth from the sky. You've probably looked at the glittering crystals on the sleeve of your coat, but have you ever seen snowflakes in the form of fern-like star-shaped dendrites, plates with sectors, stars with twelve rays, or columns with crowns?
Snow crystals are true masterpieces of nature, although they are born among cold winds in a cloudy sky. The process of formation of delicate snowflakes from water vapor is like magic, sorcery, and the beauty of each of them is fleeting and unique. You will learn why snowflakes have such a complex shape, how various patterns appear and what is the basis of their six-member symmetry, you will begin to notice in each snowflake many tiny details that you would not have paid any attention to before.
In this book:
- The most complete atlas of snowflakes and a guide to the types of snow crystals.
- Arsenal of a snowflake hunter: techniques and tools for observing and photographing snowflakes.
- How to read hieroglyphs from the sky: how to learn the story of its journey in the clouds from the shape and structure of a snowflake that has fallen on your palm.
- More than 200 unique close-up photographs of snowflakes.
When the next snowfall begins, grab a magnifying glass and this book, go outside and see with your own eyes the miniature masterpieces of nature falling from the sky.
Amazing discoveries await you!
Recommended reader age: 5+
Author: Kenneth Libbrecht
Year of release: 2017
Publisher: Labyrinth
Pages: 112
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 215x145x12 mm
ISBN: 978-5-98124-697-5