Catch a snowflake and it has six points — always six. This short course explains why: the bent water molecule whose hydrogen bonds lock into a hexagonal lattice, how a crystal grows its six matching arms from vapor as it falls, why temperature and humidity sculpt plates, columns, needles, and stars, and what's really true about 'no two snowflakes alike.'
Catch a snowflake and it has six points — always six. This short course explains why: the bent water molecule whose hydrogen bonds lock into a hexagonal lattice, how a crystal grows its six matching arms from vapor as it falls, why temperature and humidity sculpt plates, columns, needles, and stars, and what's really true about 'no two snowflakes alike.'
