Tech Genius Nathan Myhrvold Says He Shot the Highest-Resolution Images of Snowflakes Ever Taken—See the Pictures Here Nathan Myhrvold built a special device and shot in sub-zero temperatures to capture the images. Ice Queen. Photo courtesy of Modernist Cuisine Gallery. You’ve probably heard that no two snowflakes are alike—but you’ve never seen crystal formations in such stunning detail as in a trio of three new photographs by Nathan Myhrvold, who claims to have captured the world’s highest-resolution images of snow. The challenges of photographing snowflakes are obvious. Both fragile and tiny, measuring just a few millimeters across, a snowflake can melt in seconds—which is why Myhrvold shot on location, in temperatures of up to 20 degrees below zero in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories.