Can you imagine how hard it would be to photograph a teeny-tiny, individual snowflake crystal? Then imagine the challenges that Wilson Bentley faced back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. "Wilson Bentley pioneered in photographing snow crystals, snowflakes and raindrops. He was a farmer by trade and a scientist by passion," said Terry Nathan, an atmospheric scientist at the University of California, Davis.

Originally released by Inside Science, 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 26, 2018.

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