Back on a Vermont farm in 1885, Wilson A. Bentley attached a microscope to a bellows camera and became the first person to photograph an individual snowflake. Two decades later, he sent 500 prints of his snowflakes to the Smithsonian, where they still remain. (View some here.) And then, yet another two decades later, he published a book packed with 2,400 snowflake images. NPR’s web site has more of Bentley’s work on display. And, of course, you can find an entire tribute site dedicated to his wintery work…
Note: Today is the 202nd anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe. Don’t miss the Animated Version of The Tell-Tale Heart (1953). It was narrated by James Mason, and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in the US. Great stuff.
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