On January 15, 1885 Wilson Bentley first photographed a snowflake by adapting his microscope and bellows camera. He pioneered photomicrography. Talk about patience and perseverance to get your subject!
See: Website and images. Wikipedia article.
Interesting images of original 1904 Bentley letters to the Smithsonian here and here.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
123 years ago today
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