Icy jewel

This is relatively large snowflake (about 4 millimeters from tip to tip), with simple shape, but complex internal pattern (especially at arms), and... more

by Alexey Kljatov

Title

Icy jewel

Artist

Alexey Kljatov

Medium

Photograph - Macro Photo

Description

This is relatively large snowflake (about 4 millimeters from tip to tip), with simple shape, but complex internal pattern (especially at arms), and with beautiful transparent center. If you look closely at this crystal, you may notice that it slightly resembles triangular snowflakes: like these snow crystals, it have hexagonal symmetry, but with interleaving short / long sides of central hexagon. In this case, however, its triangular structure is hardly noticeable.

Also, you can spot small and simple plate crystal at surface of big snowflake, and this tiny companion also have triangular structure, similar to big brother: with three short and three long sides. This is strange, rare and beautiful couple, in my opinion.

This snowflake available in my NFT collection at OpenSea.io/AlexeyKljatov

Picture processed from averaged stack of 8 identical photos (averaging process radically treat noise of camera sensor and reveal small and subtle details, which are almost unseen in every single shot, because they masked by noise). Background: dark woolen fabric, natural light from cloudy sky, external optics Helios 44M-5, December 2014, Moscow, Russia.

Closeup snowflake pictures available for home decor, interior design and gifts as: stretched canvas prints, metal, acrylic, wood and framed prints, posters, greeting cards and spiral notebooks, phone cases for Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, portable battery chargers, throw pillows, duvet covers and fleece blankets, shower curtains, bath and hand towels, coffee mugs, weekender tote bags, yoga mats, carry-all pouches, round beach towels and beach sheets, tank tops, men's and women's slim fit, v-neck, long sleeve, baseball and junior t-shirts.

Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Products shipped to any destination in the world.

Full resolution downloads available at Patreon.com/AlexeyKljatov

Uploaded

February 6th, 2015