Intricate snowflake snuggles up to girl in Connecticut
Take a peek at this amazing photograph of a perfect dendrite snowflake that fell on a little girl in West Haven, Connecticut Tuesday morning.
Little Caylee Fleming, a friend of one of my relatives, was waiting for a bus to pick her up when the flurries began.
"We live on the beach so any snow we see is mushy and wet," said her mom Justine. "I noticed it started to flurry and I said, 'Caylee can you feel the snow?' "
She asked if she could feel it because Caylee is legally blind.
"It looked like perfect snowflakes -- the kind you see on TV," Justine said. "As they fell on her, she let out a sigh. I said, 'look at that -- a perfect snowflake for a perfect little girl.' "
The snowflakes get their unique shape based on the current temperature and humidity profile of the lower atmosphere.
No two snowflakes are formed off the exact same sized particle nor take the exact same path in their formation journey, and thus as you have heard, no two snowflakes are alike.
You can find out plenty more on snowflakes and their origin at CalTech's 'SnowCrystals.com' web site.
What a sweet story.
I love dendrites, i went to a-school in groton CT in the Navy. The best thing to do is (when is snowing hard) get a black  piece of construction paper  and let the flakes hit itÂ
Why does this snowflake have seven sides?
 @Charlie Phillips If you look in the upper left corner you can see another 7 sided one on her hat. Snowflakes from the same flurry will often have very similar shapes but not exactly the same due to the unique way the moisture, temperature, and air motions move the droplets that form the flakes.Â
I think its good luck!!
I love articles like this one!You rock, Scott! :DÂ
Very cool.
Thank you Mr. Scott.