Scientists are flying into snowstorms to explore winter weather mysteries
Briefly

The P-3 research plane leaving its hangar at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.Patrick Black/NASA High up in some ice-filled clouds, sitting inside an airplane loaded with science instruments, Christian Nairy looked at pictures flashing on his computer screen.This high-altitude slideshow is displaying real-time images of cloud particles being sampled by a device out on the plane's wing and some of the ice crystals looked like perfect little snowflakes.
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