The Tübingen region has recently seen hailstorms that brought back memories of the devastating storm of 2013. At that time, billions of dollars in damage were caused, and the damage from the most recent storms is still being assessed. Despite all the trouble hailstones cause, they also possess a previously unknown inner beauty. In a recent study, Tübingen geoscientists Professor Paul Bons and Dr. Catherine Bauer made hailstones’ crystal structure visible for the first time. They collected hailstones from the 2013 Tübingen storm and analyzed them in the laboratory. Not only did they come up with aesthetically pleasing images never seen before, they also provide insights into the structure and damage potential of hailstones. The results were recently published in the Journal of Glaciology.
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Source: Phys.org