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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” -Maya Angelou From questions about the smallest scales to the largest, from Earthly phenomena to things we could only conceive of in theory, our Ask Ethan series is your opportunity to have anything you ask considered for a column. This week, though, is a little different than normal.
TAKE A LOOK | The highest resolution images of snowflakes ever captured Apr 25, 2021, 12:24 PM facebook Nathan Myhrvold created the Snowflake Cam to capture up-close pictures of snowflakes. He calls it "the highest resolution snowflake camera in the world." He has traveled all over the US to find different types of snowflakes. For many South Africans, snow is a rare event to be greeted by rushing outside. For those who live with it through long dark winters, though it carries a negative connotation: it's cold, forces people indoors, makes driving difficult, and...
comments It wasn't until Kenneth Libbrecht moved to decidedly un-snowy southern California that he finally began to appreciate snow. "I found it kind of funny that after I ended up as an adult and moved away from North Dakota that I finally understood what snowflakes were," Libbrecht said. "I'd never really looked at them much when I was growing up." Advertisement: Libbrecht moved from North Dakota to Pasadena, California, to work in the department of physics at the California Institute of Technology. Originally trained as a solar astronomer, Libbrecht's research as a professor of physics an...
In winter you’ll often hear meteorologists refer to two types of snowmakers, a Nor’easter and an Alberta Clipper. But just because these winter storms make snow, doesn’t make them the same. Snow is an all-too-familiar feature of the colder months across much of the U.S., but how much do you know about the science of snowflakes? There will be plenty of snowflakes falling on Wednesday with a major Nor’easter expected to bring heavy snow. "A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky," explains NOAA on its website. "T...