-31oC
These ice crystals are called dendrites. There is a primary crystal,
growing from a nucleation site with secondary arms growing roughly at
right angles to the primary site.
The name dendrite comes from the Greek word for tree: dendron.
R.H. Packwood
Ottawa ON
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