Snowflakes

In today’s episode, Zack has 30 minutes to become an “expert” on... snowflakes! Depending where on Earth you live, these tiny miracles fall around you by the millions. And boy do they fall! Sometimes from clouds over 2 miles in the sky! We were fascinated to learn exactly how these precious little treasures form up there. Although they’ve been landing on Earth for probably forever, it wasn’t until just over 100 years ago that their uniqueness was captured up close in photos thanks to a certain young Vermonter. Cozy up with a cup of hot chocolate, put on your new Christmas slippers, and enjoy what is perhaps our gentlest episode yet.

Highlights include:

- Scientific talk that was almost skipped entirely!

- A theory that Hawaiians do not know how to measure snow accumulation!

- The biggest snowstorm of ALL TIME!!! (that we know of)

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Podcast artwork by Rick Radvanksy

Intro and Outro music by Jake Radvanksy