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Feast your eyes on a scintillating variety of jewels from the Harvard University Mineralogical and Geological Museum. Glittering green diamonds, wa...

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Snowflakes Vol.2

Soothing Nature • 57m

Float through the center of hundreds of real snowflakes, each one a unique wonder. The hexagonal shape of a snowflake reflects the arrangement of its atoms, ten million times smaller on the molecular level. Oxygen atoms are heavier than Hydrogen atoms, making the molecules join together the exact same way every time, self-organizing hexagons of H20. Macro photographs taken by Kenneth Libbrecht, Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. Libbrecht engineered a custom ice chamber in which to grow, light, and photograph the breathtaking 'designer' snowflakes.

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Danielle Parsons executive producer
Andrew Benson animator
Colin Thomas animator
Johnny Woods animator
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    Gems

    Feast your eyes on a scintillating variety of jewels from the Harvard University Mineralogical and Geological Museum. Glittering green diamonds, watermelon tourmalines, brilliant sapphires, rubies, and natural diamond trigons -- seen magnified through a stereomicroscope.

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    Inside Gems

    Inside Gems

    Suspended inside a Rainbow Lattice Sunstone, straight-line geometries shine in metallic pastels. In a one of a kind microscopic vision, gaze inside this and other precious stones. This program was made in collaboration with mineralogist and photomicrographer, Danny Sanchez. Music by KRON.

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