No two snowflakes are alike. You probably learned that at an early age. But you might not know the man who discovered it. The lesson can be traced back to Wilson Bentley, a farmer from Jericho ...

On January 15th, 1885, he captured the first image of a snowflake. Bentley spent the next 25 years capturing images of snowflakes and keeping meteorological records.

Bentley's painstaking work culminated in the publication of “Snow Crystals” in 1931, a book that continues to inspire curiosity about the fleeting beauty of snow.

Wilson Bentley's astonishing early 20th-century photographs of snowflakes reveal nature's miniature miracles. VIEW OUR GALLERY of a pioneering master.

One of the 500 snowflake images Wilson Bentley donated to the Smithsonian. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives) The Jan. 16 Style article "The man who showed us no two snowflakes are ...

Pictures of snow flakes taken by Wilson A Bentley go on sale. Bentley's photos don't meet modern standards because he was "working with crude equipment," said Kenneth G. Libbrecht, who has written ...

Snowflake Bentley was a world-famous snow photographer from Vermont, who coined the phrase that no two snowflakes are alike. Well, he ought to know! 60-Second Know-It-All ...

Bentley eventually became known as “Snowflake” Bentley because of his life’s work, and many of his photos can be seen today at the Old Red Mill, a historic landmark in Jericho.