Snow Crystals: Physics

IV  Sector Plate

 

IV-1 branch of sector plate

IV-2 representative sector plate

IV-3 branching -1

IV-4 branching -2

V  Difference between Sector Plate and Dendrite

 

V-1 backside of branch and growth speed

V-2 a dendrite and a hybrid crystal

VI  Dendrite

VI-1 stellar, normal and firnlike dendrites

VI-2 basal face and back face

VII  Development of Back Face -1

VII-1 ice crystals grown by bubble wrap seeding

VII-2 growth from solid plate to double plate

VIII  Development of Back Face -2

VIII-1 a capped column observed at Inuvik

Source: http://sky.geocities.jp/ice_snow_crystals/