"Sniper8052(L96A1)" wrote in message
. uk...
This will sound just a little daft but why is snow... well snow, and
not ice?
Why is it that a snow flake is a flake rather than a pellet? What is
it that makes the water expand to form a flake rather than just
freezing to be an ice drop?
We were pondering this last night and I suggested the smart bods on
here would know the answer.

I'm sure someone will but drop in on
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
anyway.

Tom