This man spent his career studying snowflakes and he is happy, that's the life I want to live

Make sure to not become the anteater guy ^^

@Sogari 😂

Aaaa either be happy with what you have, or endlessly search for something that makes you happy

@Motifity The ideal would be to be happy with what you have AND endlessly search for anything that will make you happier (not just materialistic obvs). If one was to be happy with what they have and have no desire to endlessly acquire anything else that would sustain or improve that - they would starve to death.

As an Australian, I can tell you I've never seen one of these things before and find their existence fascinating.

Not like I love snow because I don't but I cant imagine not ever seeing or touching it. It's gonna be pretty wild when you see it for the first time lol.

That's indeed a curious thought, never to have witnessed snow in direct contact. Living in the Netherlands and visiting Germany and Austria on a regular basis, I cannot imagine what it means not to know the sensation of touching snow, ice and all of its shapes and sizes. How to feel the snow collapse under the weight of my feet, the sound that it makes, the way in which I can gather some snow and make a ball from it, and how that ball can be thrown, so as to hit a surface and disintegrate again. The ice crystals at a badly insulated window, the view of a million snow flakes, gently falling from the sky in winter, the small Dutch canals on which we can go ice skating, it's all part and parcel of our seasonal experience, just as the warm summers are. Australia has some snowy areas in Victoria and NSW, but I guess that the majority of the Australians does not frequently visit these places.

@Guido C. yikes

As a singaporean, I have also never seen or touched snowflakes before and really want to experience it at least once.

@Jason Kvlt Who

A math professor of mine researches bubbles and shares his research with similar enthusiasm. It’s incredibly motivating.

He may live in a bubble lol

@CZ I hate internet snowflakes!

I thought this video was going to be about liberal art students, not math professors

Bubbles are extremely important. I would assume he is studying cavitation. Bubble dynamics are incredibly important for so many areas that the general public aren't aware of. Every leading academic institution has a bubble dynamicist - usually a mathematician (fluid mechanics).

@klmn2000 thank you for bursting the bubble on this obscure part of science

Very interesting. As a brazilian, I grew up thinking the shapes of snowflakes were just a cartoon representation, until I traveled to Canada and was amazed by the real snowflakes. I loved watching them melting on my coat

one time i accidentally witnessed a perfectly symmetrical stellar dendrite, i was playing around with some snow a few years back, looked at my hand and boom, a perfect snowflake, and since that day i have fallen in love with the beauty of snowflakes and the way they form.

For me it was noticing a snowflake on my jacket and realizing I could see the actual shape of it, and that it was actually a hexagon! It made me realize “wow, they’re actually shaped like that!!”

@Piper Thomas yess i cant believe how they are "extremely rare" but people find them on accident, LOL.

@Just Some Guy, Mustache. I mean, with however many snowflakes come down during one snowy day, even a one-in-a-million chance probably happens a few times!

I did an art project on radial symmetry and teared up multiple times looking at images of snowflakes. The awe I experienced discovering the immensely beautiful designs that had been invisible to me for my whole life was overwhelming. I feel so lucky to have had that moment. The artist I looked at was Alexey Kljatov.

We are lucky to have scientists like him, that give us the answers to how nature works. It's the most valuable thing.

Honestly I 100% agree with his approach of "I'm studying this because it's cool and we don't know how it works". Really that's the foundation of science.

heh it's cool

This is actually really ethically important and oft overlooked. A majority of research is performed in a matrix of biases related to future funding, grant writing, extensions, and pay. It's neat when people can research a topic without being motivated to seek conclusions that benefit something, or someone, even if it's 'the greater good', medicine etc. All serious scientists know about these biases and work hard to avoid them and produce good ethical science. But it's neat when people like him can just focus on something cool.

@kiprs heh heheh

Tbh that is kinda where a lot of innovation came from. I always like joking about how scientists came up with the theory of the particle/wave duality of matter. They were like "light works, so how about we chuck random subatomic particles at it and see what happens?"

Gotta have the almighty $

30-40 minutes to make each snowflake BLEW MY MIND! 🤯 Hands down my favorite piece of your content ever! As other's have mentioned, this one really was a “drop what you're doing and pay close and undivided attention--this is *VERY* Important!” So much so, I actually had to restart the video, since I'd only marginally tuned in for the first few minutes. Sure, it may never lead to atom splitting and probably even less likely to lead to atom combining, but this right here, The Snowflake Guy, this is the gas that drives the whole vehicle of humanity's progression. Curiosity for curiosity’s sake. Imagine where the world would be if A. Everyone were so uncompromisingly passionate about their work. And B. Allowed themselves to turn that passion into an unapologetic search for meaning. We'd have conquered the cosmos centuries ago!

I was shocked but the ending. Never have I asked myself during this whole amazing snowflake documentary why is this scientist researching this topic. It feels so naturally compelling to me to be deeply attracted to solving the mysteries of life and the universe. Questions lie in every topic and their answers are interconnected, understanding one topic will better your understanding of the whole. It would be sad if human beings only directly seek to increase their comfort and safety... Which we do a lot already.

We've reached a point in animal evolution where we have the luxury to ask "who and why we are". Seeking to increase comfort and safety is an animal instinct. When we are finally comfortable enough, the energy we use our brains with can shift else where

Currently a very great deal of us live in misery and insecurity due to the pursuit of unfulfulliable greed by a few. I do not see the pursuit of comfort and security for the many as a vice at current time.

I'm 14 and this is deep

@WIM Just wait until you're actually aware of how little _you do know,_ and how much you take for granted *that you don't.*

There's also selection bias here though- you are the kind of person who clicks on a video about how snowflakes form. Which means that among the hundreds of thousands of potential videos, you were served this video by an algorithm that guessed you might like it. And then, even more unlikely, you actually clicked on it. I think most people who would watch a video like this wouldn't be the same group of people who would feel the need to ask why you'd study such a thing. It's like asking diners in an Italian restaurant which of them likes tomatoes. You're probably going to get a higher-than-average number of people who like tomatoes in that selection group than if you asked more broadly to the general populace, or in an unfriendly selection group- like a kindergarten classroom. The people who ask him that are likely more the latter two kinds of groups, the people who have neutral or negative interest themselves.

Some scientists really feel happy when someone is interested in what they're doing. Thanks a lot for the content

The world needs more people like this guy who absolutely loves something as simple and complex as snowflakes...

As a Scandinavian I bow before the master of Snow. Nahh, but really - Truly fascinating research and what an incredibly wonderful man! I could listen hours upon hours of him talking about snowflakes. Thank you Derek for always bringing the most interesting people onto your channel!

My favorite thing is that Dr.Ken is smiling the whole time, what an achievement it is to be that excited about your work. For over 40 years at that!

this. finding something that brings you joy for this amount of time in your life. In my eyes this is what life is about.

Snowflakes are fun

Yeah - he looks like a really Good person - Reminds me of Dr Emoto. Both studying water crystallization...

He looks like a scientist who is not only psyched to have this as a job, but super-psyched that a very notable youtuber brought a camera crew to actually share it with the world. I mean, he starts out by talking about how his research is both valued by professionals, but also sold zero books after publication. It really do be like that in the wilderness of scientific research sometimes.

@Pirojf Mifhghek You misunderstood. He published two successful books, then kept publishing more until eventually there was one that sold zero copies.

This guy never tends to disappoint me. He can make a simple topic into the most complex problem in the universe lol

And vice versa!

There is something so nice about seeing someone being incredibly enthusiastic and enjoying doing something because they just like it and they can

From the perspective of a grad student of Complex Systems, this video is incredibly educational, it hits all the right spots, from the purpose and extents of modelling, to the cross-validation with experiments, to the sheer joy of discovering that you might have got it right :) And ultimately, the drive of science - of studying anything, really - is human curiosity and even intellectual pride after all, and it's marvellous and fun as it is. Keep up the amazing work!

That’s the “coolest” thing I’ve seen all day! Love how the professor is just “chilling” in his chair while explaining complex science! ❄️

Underrated 😭

Few years ago I visited Hokkaido University and came to know they are the pioneer who discovered snow flakes patterns. We were so grateful to meet a local lady professor at the entrance and have her offer to guide us walked through the campus. During that time she posed me a question do I know how many shapes of snowflakes, my guessing was about five types. Now I know the better answer from this video. Thank you for this sharing!

"As a scientist, you want to figure something out." Contributing to the collective knowledge accumulated over millenia just because it's not already known. Badass.

They didn't go down this rabbit hole, but like Steve Mould has explained before, sometimes searching for answers leads to discoveries that are useful, whether the initial question was "important" or not.

The whole point of science is to figure stuff out, this guy gets it

@CruxCapacitor exactly! We won't fully understand how useful something like this is off the bat. It could be one of those things that in 100 years someone looks back and it solves some super complex problem.

Such a vast area of discovery too. Aplicable to a degree in all forms of crystalisation. Pushing the unknown always further back, for ever.

Has anyone figured out women yet? Can we get a scientist on that?

Understanding the formation of snowflakes - their shape and size - has a lot of practical applications. For example, different types of snowflakes have different coefficients of frictions when they are part of a snowpack layer on a mountain side. Such knowledge helps in understanding the conditions under which avalanches occur, therefore help in modelling and forecasting avalanches.

Veritasium has some of the best put together content on YouTube. It's so high quality. The fact that it's about such fascinating scientific topics is just a huge benefit to us all.

The quality of explanation and animation in this video is far superior to all the other videos I searched around for trying to learn about how snowflakes grow. Thank you for the effort that went into this!

I would love to hear more about how they form around the dust or pollen particle. Are the particles having an impact and what particles are you finding?

I must say the scientist in this was such a interestingly cool person, I love the drive and passion he has for his work. He’s what I strive to be in my own work one day! Truly a cool and very smart guy haha

"We just kept making books until they sold 0 copies and then we stopped" Sound strategy I respect this man.

Ken for president!

Kinda made me sad, if I had more tha 10 euros in my debit card I would buy one

Wait, isn't that just known as "print on demand"?

@Giuseppe F lol the man is rich why sad?

@Mal-2 KSC My impression is he meant he kept making new books with pictures of snowflakes, not just printing copies of the same book.

I love his comment on the saying "no two snowflakes are alike" because yea he's right most things with really any degree of complexity in nature are going to be differing in some way

El entusiasmo y el interés que el Dr. Ken demuestra en su estudio de los cristales me inspiró a improvisar algo en el piano, algo tan intrincado como esos maravillosos cristales. Gracias por tan hermoso contenido y un gran saludo!!

I spent a winter in the Arctic and the snow was so different from what I had experienced all my life. With average temps around -40 and seeing this research I finally get why. Thanks

How & why did you spend a winter in the arctic?

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Snowflakes are interesting but you really upped the game. Well done 👏

I love this one so watched it again. Snowflakes have always fascinated me, but this really sparks the imagination. Water is such an interesting molecule. With only two variables he changes the atmosphere to make these snowflakes unique and beautiful. I wonder if there could be an algorithm created to emulate those to create encryption codes? Probably has been done, but it would take a bit of memory.

I love seeing someone speak as passionately as this dude talks about his snowflakes, great content

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Very interesting. This was done perfectly, not too technically over my head, and it didn't bore me. In fact the realization that Dr. Libbrecht has pin pointed the difference of what causes the different shapes could in the future be helpful when tracking weather patters. I would think, just guessing. This magic we all pondered about is explained and yet I'm willing to bet that this knowledge could help in tracking weather patterns. Thanks Veritasium this was really neat to watch.

I don't completely understand the nucleation barrier, but it has a powerful influence. I would expect snowflakes to grow very 3 dimensional, but apparently not because of that barrier. I also think that surface charge plays quite a large role but that wasn't really discussed in this video. Thanks for the info!

this was deeply satisfying, having only ever seen images of perfect, symmetrical snowflakes. It felt difficult for me to believe that something that's the result of so much variation would always come out looking exactly perfect

Very complex stuff. I have learned a lot on this channel. Snowflakes always fascinated me. Such delicate and often very complex structures. Thank you for sharing this with us, educating us.

This is the first time I see someone who is doing stuff related to science and Is happy and excited about it.

You can feel how much Ken likes learning about snowflakes from his face. He was enthusiastic from the start to the end of the video.

He's a perfect example of "If you love your work you'll never work a day in your life." He just feels like he's playing all day and getting paid for it.

I think he wonders though :p

He’s so comfortable talking about his study and you can easily tell because of the way he sits, holds himself and emotes so enthusiastically. His excitement is palpable.

The best part is that you could tell he wasn't forcing it, it was real.

you understand if you ever was on camera. Try not to smile is difficult. Smiling is common.

Love this video! For those who want to immerse further in the magic of snow crystals (as well as diatoms), come and see the exhibition Invisible World of Water at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The show features the work of Bentley, Nakaya, and Libbrecht - and represents how the insights of individual scientists, artists and amateurs build upon one another over time to advance our understanding of the natural world.

Congratulations! I'm from Ukraine! I really like your channel, it was always interesting to find answers to seemingly long-understood problems and phenomena. To see in a new way what you have to face all the time. Thank you for making such wonderful videos. I really want your channel to pay attention to what is happening in my country. Our talented people will be very grateful for your support. I have always believed that science is outside politics, but it is very closely intertwined in our lives in all its spheres.

A constant end-to-end smile. So awesome to see someone that in love with what they do.

As someone who really loves to study and to know of anything that sparks interest in me, I'm humbled by the professors enthusiasm! 😄🙏🏻

This is a beautiful example of how something that seems random and is, for all practical purposes, considered to be random, like the exact shape of a snowflake, is in fact not random at all, but the product of the incredibly specific circumstances at the exact place and time that it happened. So much so, that it happens six times over in the exact same way, and under carefully controlled conditions, can be replicated almost exactly. It really makes me think what other "random" things are just caused by small differences in circumstances that we can't see.

When people call this guy a snowflake, he just says “oh my goodness, thank you!”

Hahha yes. Beautiful and complex

Ha Ha! I knew there would be a snowflake joke in the comments. =)

"thats the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me :') "

best reply ive ever read

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As a materials science graduate who did his master's thesis on crystal growth (I also used sapphire substrates haha), I loved this video & wouldn't question why someone researches this :)

Awesome ! Thank you very much for explaining this mystery in such a clear and easy to understand way !

After seeing him talking so passionately about snow but then remembering that his book didn't even get a single copy sale is really heart breaking

It reminded me of using an Etch-A-Sketch where he started manipulating the humidity to make the snowflakes. So fascinating

I think this perfectly represents the power of randomness. You could use this to symbolize the diversity of life. The big difference is reproduction and selection pressures. Nature simply throws stuff at the wall until something sticks and even after that it keeps on throwing things at the wall.

The power this man wields is astonishing

Why does this obnoxious guy he knows everything and we are the dumb ones !!!!!

Frieza's full power is only 1% of this man's full power

Power?

I remember very clearly one time a very large snow flake landed on my coat.. I was like "man that sure is a perfect snow flake" and about that time it melted/broke apart... biggest flake that was clearly symmetrical I ever saw in person.

I'd love to see someone do this with molecules/elements other than water. We know there are planets that rain all kinds of things, even metals. Makes you wonder what something like an iron snowflake would look like.

I remember when I was a little kid I had a handful of snow and took a closer look at it. When I saw that the snowflakes are shaped perfectly symmetric like some kind of star I was just shocked and thought to myself how is that even possible if they're not man made.

2 channels. This one, and Smarter everyday. Love their contents not just for uniqueness, but for their way to present subjects. These two guys took nerdness to a level of art. NGL, these two channel works as ASMR for me, and helps me to fall asleep. Every night. 💗💗💗

I am interested in if/how the starting properties of matter upon which the flake starts affect the flake. I also wonder if there could be real world applications for this knowledge such as: can we take atmospheric conditions and use them to predict the types of flakes that will be prevalent in a specific storm and infer properties of the snow pack: driving conditions, depth, visibility, drifts/blowing, avalanche risk, etc.?

Mad respect to this man. He has complete joy to dedicate his life to a specific area of science, to such an extent that he can probably confidently say that he is the worlds expert on the subject.

Admirable for sure

Learns more and more about less and less until, in the limit, he knows everything about nothing. Managers, on the other hand learn a little about more and more until, again in the limit, they know nothing about everything.

@Borys Nijinski ?

@Borys Nijinski - Socrates

@Borys Nijinski are you saying he sucks at science

This was genuinely cool asf to watch. Great editing and footage! This is why I love Veritasium!!

I have never seen a response on Youtube like there has been on your light bulb with the long wires experiment. There are still people making videos about it weather it be for or against. You really lit a fire and right or wrong people are responding, electronics experts from around the world are responding. It's like you woke a bunch of people up and that is one of the most awesome things I have discovered on youtube. Do it again. What you do means something.

This guy seems so happy to be talking about his work. That smile the whole time.

I was born and raised in Montana. I never realized that snow could be so interesting other than slippery stuff to ski on and slippery stuff to prevent your car from stopping before you cohabitate the same newtonian space as the car infront of you. Great article.

I honestly stunned by this man, recreated snowflakes n can control the shape by adjusting moisture, temperature, etc Is there any major studies snowflakes in college ? Much respect for you sir!! 🫡

This is the sort of content I need, just some guy who’s an expert on an extremely specific area of life

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Growing up in So Cal I didn't see much snow as a kid, but now I'm up in Oregon and I too take pix of snowflakes. These custom, lab grown designer flakes are certainly beautiful, but wild ones don't necessarily grow like that. Temperature and moisture fluctuations can be so minute that different sides of the same flake can grow differently. And they usually aren't flat, they touch each other and grow from each other and influence each other. Sometimes they get huge! But, lab grown or wild, they are endlessly fascinating.

Dr. Ken love and energy for the subject was simply inspiring 🙏🏻

One of the best videos on the subject of snowflakes!. . You went to the right man! All of your videos are extremely good representation of the subject, concise. Accurate work!

That moment when you shone the flashlight in the chamber made me feel like I was in a fantasy, I could stare at that for a long time. Would love to see a large scale of that

I loved this video! It is 12/21/21 at 2:10 am and I am inspired to make ❄️ SNOWFLAKE ❄️ sugar cookies For Christmas and share this video with the whole family Christmas Day. ( cousins, grandkids,nieces, nephews, and all the adults) I just bought a book called The Night Sky for one of the kiddos. It is beautifully written and very good graphics. It is about the planets and constellations, finding the big/little dipper. So happy I came across this well done video! I learned something new today 😊

“Snowflake can be shaped like a bullet” _Frozen 3 gonna take a pretty gangsta turn_

I would watch that one.

please let them do so. i am traumatized due to excessive exposure to those two movies due to my kids.

@D Cosku Arsiray well I mean, the kids who watched Frozen are probably over 18 now so the movie can adapt to the new demographics 😏

Americans: * invest *

Lol

Loved this episode great bit of science explaining natures beauty formed in snow crystals. Fascinating and fun.

Curious, knowing the ice crystal growth factors, is there a passive way to stop crystals from forming and maybe prevent frost bite?

Really enjoyed Dr. Libbrecht! Such enthusiasm, passion, and sense of humor. Glad he's doing this work.

Science really is magical in every way....so to every social outcast to every book loving nerd I salute you.

I can remember a very long time ago, probably 30-40 years, in Scientific American there was a very short article of maybe a half page, in which a scientist showed pictures of two snowflakes that were identical. I don’t recall whether they were natural or lab-made. I very distinctly remember that article because it said that the pictures disproved the saying that no two snowflakes were identical. I believe the scientist was a woman, so not the same person as this professor.

It makes sense to me that out of the practically infinite number of snowflakes that have formed, there would be replications

Love what he said at the end. To be able to understand things as complex as the formation of snowflakes, even if it isn't remotely "useful", is a testament to our humanity. People like him who are curious and can share his passion with the world, recognize that knowledge is not a means to an end, it's an end in itself.

Understanding the formation of snowflakes is not directly useful. But a better understanding of the formation of micro-crystals in general can be enormously useful for material science and chemistry. This has direct industrial application.

I agree, and I would add that even the most apparently "useless" knowledge often can lead to amazing insights down the line.

And who knows what it might be used for, one day. I can think of anything from better weather forecasts, to models how you get from snowflakes to glaciers (and in turn the climate), or even other substances that form hexagonal crystals (like carbon; so this may be relevant for understanding carbon nanotubes as well, which have huge potential for technical applications). When you start doing basic research, the possible applications are not at all obvious.

Well, we shouldnt forget about those who are doing the really necessary stuff (workers, engineers, doctors etc.), though. We need to keep in mind, that while this man makes things which might be useful for someone on a one out of ten days, he still needs to eat on the other nine days as well. The only reason why he is able to do what he is doing is the fact that someone else is creating enough value to provide for him. Its nice to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, but someone has to look down and worry about our place in the dirt as well.

It isn't that complex that's the point of the video, it's action and region to the list basic level.

The snowboarding world needs to be aware of this man!

I would 100% get into the hobby of making snowflakes if it didn't require a whole lab.

Thanks to you, I actually understand everything. Wish my university professors were like you💔

Dr. Libbrecht seems like one of the most interesting people to talk to. He's personable, plain speaking (to those who need it, yet obviously capable of advanced discussion as well), enjoys his research, and open to questions and conversation. Good topic!

My daughter and I enjoyed Bentley's book and studying him and his work for a bit back in the late 90's and early 2000's when she was a grammar schooler. Loved that stuff, loved spending that kind of time with her (or any time. She was the best daughter ever) (still is). Mystery upon Mystery. I miss studying God's glorious creation with a 6,7 or 8 year old. But the "TREASURES OF THE NORTH" God speaks of in Job truly are treasures as is all His work. And that especially means you.

impressive that this guy is apparently doing both the theoretical and experimental physics

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None of the work he presented was theoretical, it was all practical hands on. That is how science should be done.

@Son&PopCo-OP At the end he did his prediction for form variation of the snow crystals and it fall perfect with his data later on so he was doing both.

Atomic molecular structure visible in the macro world

Yes. At first he gave the impression of only doing experiments, but that changed later in the video.

That last sentence, it's amazing that he wanted to get recognized and did, probably will be even more if this research gets involved in future years creations

Yes! Most excellent work and studies done by Ken Lebbricht! To take it to another perspective. . One of the few who even photographed snow crystals in the world! I sent him my paper representations. Because I studied structure from his books. Marvelous books too! Remarkable Man, for many years now. HI KEN! Laird Wille M.H.Studios

Wow that physicist was so articulate and smooth talking! I could listen to him all day. Very interesting, yet so relaxing.

This is definitely one of the best Veritasium episodes!

I was one of the best student of my class of chemistry at elemenary school yet up until now I never realised what polar molecule and hydrogen bond really ment. Thanks Derek 😀

"Does each snowflake in essence reveal its history through itsshape?" "Yeah absolutely, to some degree" That's a good pun, Dr.Ken!

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A code representing changes in environmental conditions the snow flake has encountered during formation.

The 'shape' of every human being does the same...

It would be super cool to figure out the way that this can be applied to other areas. crystals and snow in the arctic, mineral growth in geology, more advanced weather prediction, applications of chaos theory in meteorology, etc...

This is similar to how quartz crystals grow, a video from you on that would be epic!

Ken's energy is amazing.

this guy reminds me of an old guy that become a friend of me until he passed away, he was so passionate about his work. God bless this type of people that bring us enlightnment

The density of water droplets should also be taken into account. Around 4 degrees Celsius water is most dense and ice is less dense than water, so I think this could be a factor in crystal formation too.

Listening to people talking about their life’s passion is my favorite thing ever

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Is that your passion?

When I do that, nobody cares :(

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Thats cap, you wouldn't actually listen to somebody talking about something boring, snow and snowflakes are intriguing topics to you. If I started talking about paper you would fall sleep or click off the video in 2 minutes. Even if it was said passion.

One day while I was snowboarding in whistler the chairlift abruptly stopped working for about 45 minutes. during that time it snowed the most perfect snowflakes very much as complex as Dr Libbrecht's snowflakes. they were also massive, I would guess about half a centimeter large. it was spectacular

The one time where calling someone a special little snowflake is a good descriptor. 🥺 This prof's enthusiasm reminds me of some of my own ones.

In addition to "equal conditions on both sides" of a snowflake, I would submit that there may be an electrical effect as well. When a tiny micro drop fuses onto the side of a snowflake, a charge is transferred. At that same moment the charged snowflake must attract an exact size droplet on the opposite side or, maybe in the valleys between two branches.

Dr. Ken you are a cool, chill and funny person at the same time. Big respect from me.

I hope I can find a passion that brings a smile to my face just as these snowflakes do for this man. He seems like such a lovely person. Truly inspiring.

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That man is the embodiment of: *“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”*

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If you ever did the stuff you love as a job - you'd VERY quickly find out how BS that quote is...

With the exception that he left North Dakota for California to do it. U likey the irony?

you forgot to add "If you're lucky". I love sleeping, but it 'aint gonna get me nowhere.

@pookey couldn’t agree more 😂

You don't quite like science, but it's videos and information like this that makes you realise the wonders and beauty of science, enough to fall in love with it

The first time I was intrigued by these shapes was when I had left a spoon that had been used to stir milk in the utensil closet, and the next morning I thought to wash the spoon and what I saw on the surface of the spoon were thin branching like shapes that seemed like roughly the shape of snowflakes , and my region is of warm climate .

I absolutely love this dude's passion about snowflakes! What a scientist!!!