Wilson Alwyn Bentley was the first person to take extensive photographs of snowflakes.
He was the first to proclaim that no two snowflakes are alike:
“…I have yet found no exact duplicate. In this inexhaustible storehouse of crystal treasures, what a delight is in store for all future lovers of snowflakes. and of the beautiful in nature.”
These are 6 photographs of snowflakes from his collection, taken in the late 1800s.
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