UPDATED: December 21, 2022.
![Microscopic view of snowflakes by Wilson Bentley. From the Annual Summary of the Monthly Weather Review for 1902. Bentley was a farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes. Source: NOAA Photo Library archives Weather Wonders collection, www.photolib.noaa.gov. (Image credit: NOAA) Microscopic view of snowflakes by Wilson Bentley. From the Annual Summary of the Monthly Weather Review for 1902. Bentley was a farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes. Source: NOAA Photo Library archives Weather Wonders collection, www.photolib.noaa.gov.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-snowflake-noaa-121516-1120x534-landscapehero.jpg?itok=2vIXIQ1-)
Microscopic view of snowflakes by Wilson Bentley. From the Annual Summary of the Monthly Weather Review for 1902. Bentley was a farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes. Source: NOAA Photo Library archives Weather Wonders collection, www.photolib.noaa.gov. (Image credit: NOAA)