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How unique is a snowflake?
From a single ice crystal, these amazing patterns form according to different weather conditions. Snowflakes are renowned for their uniqueness. No matter how many billions of them fall from the sky, there are never two the same. Every single one of the snowflakes in this picture has its own unique pattern.
What is the size of the biggest snowflake ever recorded?
15 inches wide
Guinness World Records lists the largest snowflakes as having fallen during a storm in January 1887 at Fort Keogh, in Montana. A rancher nearby, the book says, called them “larger than milk pans” and measured one at 15 inches wide.
How is a snowflake different when it is very cold?
Usually the colder the temperature, the smaller the crystals. As the crystals fall from the cold clouds, they bump into other crystals and freeze together, making even more shapes. This is one reason why it’s so hard to have two snowflakes exactly alike.
Can 2 snowflakes be the same?
The scientific consensus states that the likelihood of two large snow crystals being identical is zero. The probability that two snow crystals (a single ice crystal) or flakes (a snow crystal or multiple snow crystals stuck together) will be exactly alike in molecular structure and in appearance, is very minute.
What are the floating point values in Snowflake?
Snowflake uses double-precision (64 bit) IEEE 754 floating-point numbers. Precision is approximately 15 digits. For example, for integers, the range is from -9007199254740991 to +9007199254740991 (-2 53 to +2 53). Floating-point values can range from approximately 10 -308 to 10 +308.
How many sides does a snowflake always have?
Though snowflakes are beautifully varied, there is one underlying pattern that is seldom broken: snowflakes’ intricate patterns (almost) always have six sides.
What are the features of Snowflake data warehouse?
Easily load data from any source to Snowflake in real-time. Snowflake is a popular cloud data warehousing solution that has been implemented by scores of well-known firms, including Fortune 500 companies, as their data warehouse provider and manager. You can read more about the unique features of Snowflake here.
Why is it important to choose a region for Snowflake?
Depending on your location, it is important to choose the cloud region (like US East, US West, etc. depending on the cloud provider) wisely, to minimize latency, to have access to the required set of features, etc. If you are to move your data to a different region later on, there are data transfer costs associated with it at a per Terabyte scale.