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О снеге и снежинках
Snow’s Voice
Take a walk on a freezing day along a snowy path. Beneath your feet you will hear a happy crunch. These are crystals breaking. A person can’t hear a single snowflake breaking. But when thousands of tiny crystals shatter, our ears sense this sound. The colder it is outside, the harder and more fragile each snowflake will become. And the louder the crunch will be, too.
The Whisper of The Stars
During quiet, freezing weather, with a temperature lower than -49 degrees, you can hear a mysterious rustling. At first scientists thought this sound was connected to the northern lights. But later they realized that ice crystals cause this rustling. When a person breathes, ice crystals collide with each other in the frosty air. Yakuts have a very beautiful name for this phenomenon - “The Whisper of The Stars.”
Hunting Snowflakes
In the winter, one can hunt for snowflakes using a magnifying glass. In the cold, snowflakes grow. New rays and arrows emerge. During windy weather, in the open, snowflakes crash into one another and shatter. But in the parks or forests, trees protect the fragile crystals from the wind. And the most beautiful snowflakes appear near bodies of water in the woods. The humidity from lakes and reservoirs acts as construction material for the snowflakes.
Take a walk on a freezing day along a snowy path. Beneath your feet you will hear a happy crunch. These are crystals breaking. A person can’t hear a single snowflake breaking. But when thousands of tiny crystals shatter, our ears sense this sound. The colder it is outside, the harder and more fragile each snowflake will become. And the louder the crunch will be, too.
The Whisper of The Stars
During quiet, freezing weather, with a temperature lower than -49 degrees, you can hear a mysterious rustling. At first scientists thought this sound was connected to the northern lights. But later they realized that ice crystals cause this rustling. When a person breathes, ice crystals collide with each other in the frosty air. Yakuts have a very beautiful name for this phenomenon - “The Whisper of The Stars.”
Hunting Snowflakes
In the winter, one can hunt for snowflakes using a magnifying glass. In the cold, snowflakes grow. New rays and arrows emerge. During windy weather, in the open, snowflakes crash into one another and shatter. But in the parks or forests, trees protect the fragile crystals from the wind. And the most beautiful snowflakes appear near bodies of water in the woods. The humidity from lakes and reservoirs acts as construction material for the snowflakes.
