Not all snowflakes are symmetrical. Snowflakes can pop out different shaped triangles on different sides but they are always formed by some combination of triangles spawning more triangles on their sides, infinitely. UConn mathematician Vyron Vellis knows because he has studied them.
Flaky Weather
When the first snowflakes of the academic year began to fly on Thursday, students and plow truck drivers went outside.
A student embraces the first snow of the academic year at Hilltop Residence Halls. (UConn Photo/Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS))
