[Rockhounds] These Are the Highest Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes

[Tim Fisher]

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of Snowflakes

The link in the article to https://modernistcuisinegallery.com/collection/
will give you some higher resolution images.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 9:56 AM Peter Richards <rpr at heidelberg.edu> wrote:

> Nice snowflakes!  Unfortunately, there’s no way to judge the claim 
> that they are "the highest resolution ever".  Is there a link to a 
> downloadable image in all its high-resolution glory?  The images 
> downloaded from the article seem to be at 72 dpi or a little larger.
>
> Pete
> ___________________________
> R. Peter Richards, Ph.D.
> rpr at heidelberg.edu
> Morphological Crystallographer
>
> > On Jan 29, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The first chill of a winter storm is enough to send most people 
> > indoors, but not Nathan Myhrvold. The colder the weather, the better 
> > his chances
> are
> > of capturing a microscopic photograph of a snowflake. Now, nearly 
> > two
> years
> > in the making, Myhrvold has developed what he bills as the “highest 
> > resolution snowflake camera in the world.” Recently, he released a 
> > series of images taken using his creation, a prototype that captures 
> > snowflakes
> at
> > a microscopic level never seen before.
> >
> > Myhrvold, who holds a PhD in theoretical mathematics and physics 
> > from Princeton University and served as the Chief Technology Officer 
> > at Microsoft for 14 years, leaned on his background 
> > <http://www.nathanmyhrvold.com/index.php/about/cv> as a scientist to
> create
> > the camera. He also tapped into his experience as a photographer, 
> > most notably as the founder of Modernist Cuisine 
> > <https://modernistcuisine.com/about/>, a food innovation lab known 
> > for its high-resolution photographs 
> > <https://modernistcuisinegallery.com/collection/> of
> various food
> > stuffs
> > <
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-spectacular-cutawa
> ys-give-you-an-insiders-view-of-your-food-6948699/
> >
> > published
> > into a five-volume book
> > <
> https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/098276
> 1007/ref=pd_bxgy_img_3/140-8585420-6846223?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0982
> 761007&pd_rd_r=b48f5a9a-0623-4a76-aa41-650a7b21106b&pd_rd_w=b1Ikg&pd_r
> d_wg=kFJim&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83-3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=6H32QA
> N0MNC00AS331B5&psc=1&refRID=6H32QAN0MNC00AS331B5
> >
> > of
> > photography of the same name that focuses on the art and science of 
> > cooking. Myhrvold first got the idea to photograph snowflakes 15 
> > years
> ago
> > after meeting Kenneth Libbrecht, 
> > <https://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/>
> a
> > California Institute of Technology professor who happened to be 
> > studying the physics of snowflakes.
> >
> > “In the back of my mind, I thought I’d really like to take snowflake 
> > pictures,” Myhrvold says. “About two years ago, I thought it was a 
> > good time and decided to put together a state-of-the-art snowflake 
> > photography system...but it was a lot harder than I thought.”
> >
> > Photographing snowflakes is nothing new. In the late 1880s, a 
> > Vermont farmer by the name of Wilson Bentley <
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-histor
> y/2020/12/21/why-scientists-find-snowflakes-cool/
> >
> > began
> > shooting snowflakes at a microscopic level on his farm. Today he's 
> > considered a pioneer for his work, which is part of the Smithsonian 
> > Institution Archives <
> https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/stories/wilson-bentl
> ey-pioneering-photographer-snowflakes
> >.
> > His photography is considered the inspiration for the common wisdom 
> >that  “no two snowflakes are alike.”
> >
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/these-are-highest-resolution
> -photos-ever-taken-snowflakes-180976710/
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