How to Save a Snowflake for up to 27 Years

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

I’m not sure if anyone really verified this, but for arguments sake, let’s say that preserving a snowflake for even a single day is a pretty amazing feat, yet alone 27 years. Basically, all you need is a microscope and some superglue - oh, and for those of us in non-snowy regions, some snowflakes.

How It Works
1. Set microscope slides, coverslips and superglue outside when it’s 20°F or colder to chill them. Catch flakes on the slides or pick them up with cold tweezers.

2. Place a drop of superglue on the snowflake. Note: Gel glue doesn’t work. Find a brand that’s thin and runny.

3. Drop a coverslip over the glue. Don’t press down hard or the flake could tear or melt from the heat of your finger.

4. Leave the slide in a freezer for one or two weeks and don’t touch it with warm hands. The
glue must completely harden before the snowflake warms up.

The tendencies of superglue to seep into the tiniest nooks and crannies, harden on contact with water, and solidify rapidly make it perfect for taking an impression of something that is very small, made of water, and ephemeral, a fact that struck Emilsson during the winter of ’79.

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Source: Popular Science via Reddit