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Dendritic Ice Crystals

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Beautiful Failures

Gledhill initially started growing ice crystals on a damp cloth string and nylon fishing line. His chamber worked, but produced the wrong kinds of crystals.

As he tweaked and improved his machine, Gledhill began growing thick dendritic crystals, which formed both on the string (above) and the cold plate (below).

Still, they weren't the prized snowflakes Gledhill was after.


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