Plate XVI of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Plate XVII of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Plate XVIII of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Plate XIX of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Plate XX of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Plate XXI of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Plate XXII of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 565 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 759 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 785 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 814 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 815 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 869 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 872 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Image 890 of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley was a bachelor farmer whose hobby was photographing snow flakes.

Series of wave clouds over Washington, D.C. taken from the Weather Bureau Building at 24th and M Streets NW. In: "Monthly Weather Review", July 1962, p. 271.

Ice crystals of unusual size. This crystal was 4 and 3/4 inches in diameter. In: "Monthly Weather Review," March 1936, p. 83.

Snow garland caused by combination of wet snow and little wind. In: "Monthly Weather Review," November 1935, p. 315.

Snow garland caused by combination of wet snow and little wind.

Snow crystals as observed and drawn by William Scoresby. In: "An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery", by W. Scoresby. 1820. P. 588, Vol. II. Plate VIII. Library Call Number G742 .S42 1820 .

Snow crystals as observed and drawn by William Scoresby. In: "An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery", by W. Scoresby. 1820. P. 588, Vol. II. Plate IX. Library Call Number G742 .S42 1820 .

Snow crystals as observed and drawn by William Scoresby. In: "An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery", by W. Scoresby. 1820. P. 588, Vol. II. Plate X. Library Call Number G742 .S42 1820 .

Snow crystals as observed and drawn by William Scoresby. In: "An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery", by W. Scoresby. 1820. P. 588, Vol. II. Plate XI. Library Call Number G742 .S42 1820 .

Cirrus taking the form of a map of Italy.

Cirrus.

Rain at Gig Harbor.

Fall colors reflecting in Clopper Lake.

Fall colors even in the low vegetation surrounding Clopper Lake.

Golden leaves on a fall afternoon.

Ferns and fall leaves covering the forest floor.

Canada geese and fall colors in a quiet cove on Clopper Lake.

A lone Canada goose cruising along Clopper Lake with fall colors on the far shore.

Canada geese and fall colors.

Fall colors on a quiet cove on Clopper Lake.

Fall colors on a quiet cove on Clopper Lake.

A beaver lodge and riotous fall colors on an autumn afternoon on Clopper Lake.

A beaver-gnawed tree stump on the shores of Clopper Lake.

An almost perfectly camouflaged great blue heron wading in the shallows of Clopper Lake on an autumn afternoon.

A great blue heron wading in the shallows of Clopper Lake.

A great blue heron wading in the shallows of Clopper Lake.

Reds and yellows and oranges and greens on the shores of Clopper Lake.

Mallard ducks floating on a reflecting cove of Clopper Lake.

Mallards perching on a fallen tree on Clopper Lake on an autumn afternoon.

Mallards and Canada geese in a quiet cove of Clopper Lake. Note the size differential between the ducks and the geese.

Fall colors on Clopper Lake.

Fall colors on Clopper Lake.

Shoreline of Clopper Lake on an autumn afternoon.

A majestic tree on the shores of Clopper Lake.

Clopper Lake as seen through autumn colors.

Autumn colors on Clopper Lake.