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Snowflake Bentley's Snow Crystals

In the early 1900s, Wilson A. Bentley sent 500 prints of his snowflakes to the Smithsonian to ensure their safety for the future. The images are now part of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 332

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 134

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1206

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 815

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Snowflake No. 342

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 826

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 200

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 375

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 579A

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 304

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 562

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1083

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 181

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 951

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 385

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 623

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 10

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 350

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1099

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1205

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 263

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 382

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 188

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 234

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1152

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 460

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Fernlike Stellar Snowflake No. 1095

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Tabular Snowflake No. 948

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 586

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Tabular Snowflake No. 482

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Fernlike Stellar Snowflake No. 920

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Fernlike Stellar Snowflake No. 542A

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Tabular Snowflake No. 1209

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 1093

Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Lamellar Snowflake No. 801

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