Wilson Bentley's Snowflake Photographs
Wilson Bentley was the first person to succesfully photograph a snowflake in 1885. He went on the create more then 5,000 individual photographs of this amazing and delicate subject. To capture the image Bentley fitted a bellows camera with a compound microscope. His work is currently on display at the Jericho Historical Society in Jericho Village, Vermont.
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2 Comments:
Simply gorgeous!
I've been there. My aunt lives in northern Vermont one town over from Jericho, and the photographs really are amazing.
There is also a company in northern Vermont, Danforth Pewter, that I believe creates, or used to, pewter snowflake ornaments based on Bentley's photos. However, I think they may only sell those locally, because they don't seem to be available via their website.
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