It’s an unusually snowy week here at UMD Physics, and so we’re bringing you a quick post to draw your attention to two recent articles on Wilson Bentley, better known as “Snowflake Bentley,” the meteorologist who created the standard reference work on snow crystals and gave us the saying that no two snowflakes are alike.

• Wilson Alwyn Bentley: profile at Linda Hall Library https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/wilson-alwyn-bentley/
• The First Snowflake Photographer, Wilson Bentley at the Old Farmer’s Almanac https://www.almanac.com/first-snowflake-photographer-wilson-bentley

 And be sure to check out our model ice crystals demonstration, N2-32, and explore crystal formation demonstrations in I7: Solid State & Low Temeprature Physics.