Cloud wheel

Snowflake photo: Cloud wheel

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Another snowflake of my favorite type - simple hexagonal plates. I like unusual pattern near it's edges. This snowflake was slightly bigger than 1 millimeter in diameter - this is typical size for hexagonal plates. 8 identical RAW photos was averaged to boost signal-to-noise ratio of this picture. Snowflake was captured on large glass sheet with LED back light, using additional lens Helios 44M-5, in january 2013, Moscow.

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