This is one of my oldest snowflake photos, and still, one of my all-time favorites. Also, this is most popular of all my photos. If you look closely into its center, you'll see emblem of Empire from Starwars saga, though this and similar patterns is not rare thing in the centers of snow crystals.

This picture processed from averaged stack of 4 identical photos (averaging process radically treat noise of camera sensor and reveal small and subtle details, which are almost unseen in every single shot, being masked by noise).

Background: dark woolen fabric, natural light from cloudy sky, February 2011.

2048x1536 pixels image in lossless PNG format.