Polarised light photograph of a thin section of a giant hailstone, as large as a grapefruit, which crashed to earth in Kansas, USA, in 1970. The polar

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Polarised light photograph of a thin section of a giant hailstone, as large as a grapefruit, which crashed to earth in Kansas, USA, in 1970. The polarised light technique reveals the hailstone's internal crystal structure & provides scientists with clues as to how hailstones are formed.

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Size: 4893px × 3618px
Photo credit: © NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: climate, giant, hailstone, light, meteorology, polarised, weather