The P-3 research plane leaving its hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Patrick Black/NASA
Patrick Black/NASA
High up in some ice-filled clouds, sitting inside an airplane loaded with science instruments, Christian Nairy looked at pictures flashing on his computer screen. This high-altitude slideshow is displaying real-time images of cloud particles being sampled by a device out on the plane’s wing — and some of the ice crystals looked like perfect little snowflakes.
“They’re amazing to look at. Especially when they pop up
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