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based in part on evidence compiled by Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1865-1931), a farmer in Jericho, Vermont, and one of the first observers to study snowflake shapes seriously. Over the course ...
The fact that we know this is all thanks to Mr. Wilson Bentley from Vermont. On January 15th, 1885, he captured the first image of a snowflake. Bentley spent the next 25 years capturing images of ...