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Gems of Ice Crystals

Ice crystals requires special winter conditions. Cold and water arebasic ingrediants.

The conditions were ripe for snow and a “bad” snowstorm in February 2016.  The winter of 2016 has not been too bad compared to last winter.  Boston got 8-12 inches of snow.  As always the snow leaves a trail of beauty particularly when viewed from the inside of a warm house.  Though truthfully, a walk in freshly fallen snow among the trees is magical.

On Valentine’s day 2016 the lowest temp was -9 degrees F. This was the coldest it had been since 1957  It  was 0 degrees F when the photograph was taken.  At the bottom of the window pane there was a whole bevvy of magnificent gems of the winter, hanging on the outside of a double paned kitchen window. The crystals are attached to a large ice droplet.  The result of nature’s work was more beautiful than any man made piece of jewelry

The molecules of water consisting of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen create a water molecule and the molecules join to form a water droplet.

Under given conditions in the winter snow is formed from the water in the clouds and the water gets transformed into a wide variety of sizes, shapes and character.

This art piece demonstrates the power of the units to unity in a changing environment of temperature.

 

Related categories:  forces, shape, units to unity, time, bonds and connections, forces, water theme