Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Wilson Bentley

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Last updated on April 21, 2025.

Wilson Alwyn Bentley, also known as Snowflake Bentley, was an American meteorologist and photographer, who was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated.

American - Photographer | February 9, 1865 - December 23, 1931

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No two snowflakes are alike.

Wilson Bentley

Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated., When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind.

Wilson Bentley

Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied.

Wilson Bentley