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tabatha

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:23 AM Jan 2012

GOOGLE WIN: “WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST OBSERVED SNOWFLAKE” GOOGLE DOODLE BROKEN DOWN


HOLY COW !!!

"Had to do a quick post on the latest “World record for the largest observed snowflake” Google Doodle.

Google have put together an awesome little HTML5 animation showing their more light-hearted side, coinciding with the UK seeing snow in some parts of the country."


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GOOGLE WIN: “WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST OBSERVED SNOWFLAKE” GOOGLE DOODLE BROKEN DOWN (Original Post) tabatha Jan 2012 OP
Google doodle marks 125th anniversary of the world’s biggest snowflake tabatha Jan 2012 #1
snowflake shape placecove Jan 2012 #2
That's the first thing I noticed too. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #3
size of snowflake SUE1014 Jan 2012 #4

tabatha

(18,795 posts)
1. Google doodle marks 125th anniversary of the world’s biggest snowflake
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:25 AM
Jan 2012

There’s a new Google doodle today and it’s a pretty unusual one, designed to mark the 125th anniversary of the world’s biggest snowflake. It’s not clear why they’ve decided to single this particular event out, but then the Google doodles have always been pretty random.

The world’s biggest snowflake was recorded on January 28th 1887 in Fort Keogh, Montana. Records from the time claim that this snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. Does that sound credible to you? There are no photos of the snowflake, and you have to wonder whether such a thing is even possible. Nevertheless, the legend has stuck.

There is apparently no scientific reason why a snowflake couldn’t be that large, even if weather conditions would likely break such a fragile thing up pretty quickly. There have been reliable accounts of snowflakes as wide as six inches in the past couple of decades.

http://100gf.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/google-doodle-marks-125th-anniversary-of-the-worlds-biggest-snowflake/

placecove

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2. snowflake shape
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 09:03 AM
Jan 2012

snowflakes have six points....always....what is with this design? where is science?...maybe it was a manufactured large flake

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