In article <slr### [at] zeroppsorguk>,
 Steve <ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet> wrote:

> Also to make a realistic snowball or snowman the flakes would have to 
> be crushed and squashed, a snowflake probably only looks like that while
> it's in the air falling towards the ground, I'm sure it'll get bashed in
> when it hits the ground or at least have some edges knocked off. 

Don't you get snow? It sounds like you've never had a close look at it...
Snow that's been compressed or has been in a pile for a while doesn't 
have flakes like these, it gets more granular, especially if it is close 
to the freezing/melting point (which also seems to cause the largest 
flakes/crystals). Individual flakes often land and get buried without 
much damage though, you can find flakes in a handful of fresh fallen 
snow that look intact as far as the unaided eye can tell.

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