These pictures show real snow crystals that fell to earth in Northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Professor of Physics and Physics Executive Officer at Caltech, Pasadena, California, United States, captured these spectacular images using a specially designed snowflake photomicroscope (© All Rights Reserved, used here with his permission). Many, many thanks, Kenneth. ~ Laura
