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Thread #137701   Message #3151514
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-May-11 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ridiculous statistics
Subject: RE: BS: Ridiculous statistics
Regarding snowflakes, it turns out someone has done the math. You can see it here, along with the underlying reasoning:

Is it really true that no two snowflakes are alike?

His conclusion is: And thus it's unlikely that any two complex snow crystals, out of all those made over the entire history of the planet, have ever looked completely alike.

It's a fascinating website. Here's the main page: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/. You can also get there by www.SnowCrystals.com.

When you get there, click on one of the photo galleries, then click on a snowflake image to enlarge it.