Columnar snow crystals look like sticks of ice.

柱状冰晶像是冰柱的样子。

Small snow crystals can even technically be sand.

从技术上讲，小雪晶甚至也算是沙子。

All snow crystals have six sides, but they grow in different shapes.

所有的冰晶都有6个角，但却能形成不同的形状。

The branches of trees with snow crystal flowers were swaying in the wind.

挂着晶莹雪花的树枝在风中摇曳着。

The snowpack was the consistency of sand, made up of several layers of large snow crystals.

雪堆是沙子的稠度，由几层大雪的晶体组成。

Snow crystals grow in one of two designs - platelike and columnar.

雪晶以两种设计之一生长 - 板状和柱状。

It contains many groups of tiny ice particles called snow crystals.

它包含许多称为雪晶的微小冰粒。

They do not find the elegant, symmetrical ideal snow crystals that Bentley found.

他们没有找到宾利发现的优雅、对称的理想雪晶。

Over the course of his life, he basically photographed about 5,000 snow crystals.

LATIF：在他的一生中，他基本上拍摄了大约 5,000 个雪晶。

The shape of a snow crystal may change from one form to another as the crystal passes through levels of air with different temperatures.

当冰晶穿过不同温度的空气层，可以从一种形状转化成另一种形状。

Snow crystals grow in one of two designs: plate-like and columnar. Plate-like crystals are flat.

雪晶以两种设计之一生长：板状和柱状。 板状晶体是扁平的。

At -40C or-50C in the middle of winter, the quality and nature of snow crystals is critical to the survival of humans and animals alike.

在零下 40 摄氏度或零下 50 摄氏度的隆冬时节，雪晶的质量和性质对人类和动物的生存都至关重要。

Just what is snow, anyway? Snow is a form of frozen water. It contains groups of ice particles called snow crystals.

究竟什么是雪？ 雪是冻结水的一种形式。 它包含称为雪晶的冰粒组。

NASA says it's natural and a marine glaciologist says the structure of the sheets snow crystals and how they break apart is what's responsible for the sheets special shape.

NASA表示，这是自然现象，一位海洋冰川学家表示，这些冰雪晶层结构以及它们分裂的原因是造成冰块特殊形状的原因。

Snowfall helps to protect plants and some wild animals from winter weather. Fresh snow is made largely of air trapped among the snow crystals.

降雪有助于保护植物和一些野生动物免受冬季天气的影响。 新雪主要由雪晶中的空气组成。

All snow crystals have six sides, but they grow in different shapes. The shape depends mainly on the temperature and water levels in the air.

所有的雪晶都有六个面， 但它们长成不同的形状。 形状主要取决于空气中的温度和水位。

Snow crystals have many surfaces to reflect sunlight. Yet the snow does take in a little sunlight. It is this light that gives snow its white appearance.

雪晶有许多表面可以反射阳光。 然而，雪确实吸收了一点阳光。 正是这种光使雪呈现出白色的外观。

The tunnel was like a tower laid on its side: A long, dark, frozen tube from which we emerged, blinking, into a winter landscape so bright it momentarily made me weightless, lifted me, like a snow crystal, off the ground.

我们从一根又长又暗的冰封管道中驶出，明亮闪烁的冬季景色跃入眼帘，使得我瞬间失重，感觉自己就像一颗雪晶一般，被抬离了地面。