Snowflakes photographed by new high-speed camera

In the late 1800’s, Wilson Bentley and Gustav Hellmann began photographing snowflakes. Their photos would go on to spark the public’s fascination with snowflakes. Today University of Utah engineer Cale Fallgatter and atmospheric scientist Tim Garrett are using a new camera system that photographs free-falling snowflakes. The technology behind the camera that revealed the intricate, imperfect beauty of snowflakes can now expose their potential danger. About three years ago, a new high-speed camera system c