Helen Czerski on Nostr: TIL that you do occasionally get TWELVE-sided snowflakes, when two six-sided ones ...
TIL that you do occasionally get TWELVE-sided snowflakes, when two six-sided ones collide in the right way and stick together. They seem to stick at a suspiciously perfect angle!
Photos from Ken Libbrecht's brilliant website here:
https://www.snowcrystals.com/guide/guide.html 
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