Surprise yourself. When the best of us is brought forth, it gives us the chance to let go of the worst of us. When you accelerate through the tape, when you keep on going well past the appointed task, when you raise the level of your efforts to the maximum of your potential, when you give your all, leaving nothing off the table, when you step into the moment acting on intuiting doing what needs to be done. You have the beginnings of that feeling of having done your best. You gave it all and ther

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Imagine this snowflake as a “baby”: early branching with extremely straight features in a unique stellar crystal. Things changed quite a bit when side-branches began to appear, and the real magic is in the details that you need to view large to see! This is an oddly-shaped snowflake in many ways. The large blocky branch tips seem to indicate slower stable growth, but the multitude of side-branches and asymmetry tell a story of chaos. This snowflake is a bit of an enigma, and features some structures that are hard to find in these sky sculptures. One of these features can be called “butterfly branches”. You’ll notice (particularly at the top) that some branches are growing backwards, coupled with the forward-growing branches can appear almost like butterfly wings. These backward-growing branches are actually side-side-branches, where they started to form as soon as the side-branches began to grow. Their larger size would require sufficient water vapour, as well as room to grow, which this snowflake was able to provide. Branching events can occur in quick succession what will allow for this kind of shape to form, but you don’t always see it so clearly. You might notice a few “ripple” patterns, particularly in the broadest areas of the branches. These lines are surface contours on the opposite side of the snowflake, caused by the crystal growing backwards in a different way. The snowflake is growing inward towards the center of ripple, originating from the outer edge of the branch. It might be difficult to visualize this, so here’s some pages of Sky Crystals that give a great explanation: skycrystals.ca/pages/circles-in-the-snow.jpg Prisms of colour, ripples of depth, butterfly branches and two-fold symmetry. This snowflake is quite unique! All snowflakes are different, but some stand out. You’ll notice that the bottom branch has very little side-branch growth, stifled by the growth of side-branches on the neighbouring primary branches. I can’t say why this happened, but there wasn’t enough room. The best suggestion would be that something stunted the growth of the bottom branch, and when side-branches were supposed to start growing, they were already in the shadow of faster-growing branches elsewhere. There is a galaxy of detail in every snowflake, and a universe of detail in every snowfall. We can see features and details on such a small level, making even a snowflake measuring a few millimeters across a masterpiece of everyday physics. For more scientific curiosities and musings regarding snowflakes, and a full (and very comprehensive) tutorial on snowflake photography, grab a copy of Sky Crystals: skycrystals.ca/book/ - 304 page hardcover. For the best snowflake print ever made (said with my own personal bias), click to take a look at “The Snowflake”: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - 2500 hours of work across five years to make this possible. At the very least, it’s worth pondering for a moment!

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