Snowflakes
雪
花
xuě huā
In very cold weather 天
气 tiān qì, a
droplet of water 水shuǐ
up in the sky 天 tiān
can freeze onto a particle 粒子 lì
zǐ - such as a speck of dust 灰
尘 huī chén or a pollen grain 花
粉粒 huā fěn lì. As a result, a water crystal 水晶 shuǐ
jīng is
formed. Gravity 重力 zhòng
lì pulls the crystal 水晶
shuǐ jīng down to
Earth
地
球 dì qiú. During the journey down, water vapour 水蒸气 shuǐ
zhēng qì in the air 空气
kōng qì crystalizes straight into a solid 固
体 gù tǐ - without changing into the
liquid 液体 yè tǐ phase.
These solid crystals are the snowflakes 雪
花 xuě huā that we see (as shown here falling
down on a street in Lhasa 拉
萨 lā sà, Tibet, China 中
国 zhōng
guó.)
It has been reported that there are
at least 35 forms of snowflakes 雪花
xuě huā. Many people consider
the star shape (or stellar dendrite) 星
形 xīng xíng to be the most beautiful of them
all. Other forms include, but are not limited to, irregular
crystals 水晶
shuǐ jīng and
needles 针 zhēn.
See
also snowstorm 雪暴
xuě bào
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Kepingan Salji
雪花 xuě huā
Baca juga ribut
salji 雪
暴 xuě bào
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