Formation of ice crystals

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How are ice crystals formed?

A: A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky.
This creates an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls to the ground, water vapor freezes onto the primary crystal, building new crystals – the six arms of the snowflake.

  • freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky -

TIL that snow is basically just frozen fractal crystallized pollen and dust, amazing world!