Why and how on Earth do Snowflakes look so majestically like what they look like?

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Why and how on Earth do Snowflakes look so majestically like what they look like?

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Snowflakes are ice crystals formed by precipitation of water from the air. Crystals generally tend to be beautiful. The exact kind of symmetry in a crystal is governed by the chemical composition of the substance.

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