WHY DO SNOWFLAKES HAVE SIX SIDES?
One of the most beautiful objects formed by nature is a snowflake. It would take most of us a long time to ''design'' a shape as beautiful as a single snowflake. Yet in an ordinary snowstorm, billions upon billions of snowflakes fall to the earth- and no two are exactly alike!
Snow, as you may know, is just frozen water. In fact, you may ask why snow is white if it's just frozen water. In fact, you may ask why snow is white if it's just frozen water. Shouldn't in be colorless? The white appearance is caused by the fact that the many surfaces in all the ice crystals that make up a snowflake reflect light, and we therefore see it as white.
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