Later studies, like Wilson Bentley's photographs and a 2013 Japanese research project, would explore snowflake diversity in ...

In the early 1900s, Wilson A. Bentley sent 500 prints of his snowflakes to the Smithsonian to ensure their safety for the future. The images are now part of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

No two snowflakes look the same because each one follows a different path down, making them all just slightly different. The fact that we know this is all thanks to Mr. Wilson Bentley from Vermont.