{"id":670,"date":"2009-03-09T08:02:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T12:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=670"},"modified":"2022-01-25T22:17:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T03:17:31","slug":"model-snowflakes-and-hints-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/03\/model-snowflakes-and-hints-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Snowflakes and Hints of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we had a snow dumping, mild in comparison to other areas of the country but the biggest 9&#8243; &#8211; 12&#8243; inches we&#8217;ve seen in many winters. Had it been sledable it would have been very fun. However, I was working. Coincidentally, a story ran in the Post about how snowflakes can be originated by mathematically designed computer models at The Universities of Wisconsin at Madison and California. Here are the details in <a title=\"Mathematical Snowflakes in the Science Daily\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/02\/090224163643.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Daily<\/a>.\u00a0 Beautiful but Nature is not meant to be perfect or controlled for that matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/090224163643.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-671\" title=\"Mathematically models snowflake. Photo credit University of Wisconsin at Madison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/090224163643.jpg\" alt=\"aMathematically models snowflake. Photo credit University of Wisconsin at Madison\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/snow0035b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-672\" title=\"Winter Snow in March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/snow0035b.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Snow in March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" width=\"301\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/snow0035b.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/snow0035b-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And one week later, a mild May, early spring-like day with temperatures in the 70&#8217;s. Nature is fickle and mysterious in its ever changing moods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/springstarting_0043b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-673\" title=\"Early Spring Following March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/springstarting_0043b.jpg\" alt=\"Early Spring Following March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" width=\"301\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/springstarting_0043b.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/springstarting_0043b-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/lentenrose0046b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-674\" title=\"Lenten Rose, March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/lentenrose0046b.jpg\" alt=\"Lenten Rose, March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lentenrose0046b.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lentenrose0046b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/crocus0045b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-675\" title=\"Garden Crocus in March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/crocus0045b.jpg\" alt=\"Garden Crocus in March 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/crocus0045b.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/crocus0045b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/crocus0048b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-676\" title=\"Garden Crocus Radiate Spring 2009. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/crocus0048b.jpg\" alt=\"Garden Crocus Radiate Spring 2009. Photo by C. 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