Winter storms are blanketing large swaths of the U.S. – and the 'snowflake man' of Jericho, Vermont would've loved it! Take a look at his gorgeous images of snow crystals – the first ever – and listen to ashearts story about Wilson Bentley.
It's safe to say we New Englanders have a love-hate relationship with snow. A winter storm's freshly-falling beauty can inspire childlike wonder — until we have to dig out our cars and shovel the sidewalks.
Richardson — a seventh-generation Bentley — is caretaker of her great-granduncle's legacy. She said he lived on the family's dairy farm where, for over four decades, he captured more than 5,000 unique snow crystals. When winter arrived, and Bentley first saw a magnified crystal beneath his microscope's lens, he was hooked. Initially, he tried sketching them. Then he asked for a camera. Bentley's mother convinced his father to use a $100 inheritance from her side of the family to buy one for their son's 17th birthday in 1882.
Richardson said Bentley set out to share his snow crystals, along with his growing knowledge about them, with the world. He kept detailed records on the different temperatures and cloud conditions that created their shapes. That data fueled articles Bentley wrote for magazines and periodicals. Colleges purchased his images for use in their classrooms and he came to be known as"the Snowflake Man.
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