Amateur Photographer Alexy Kljatov Captures Incredible Macro-Images of Snowflakes

This astonishing macro-photography was captured by Russian photographer Alexy Kljatov not with a high-end camera, but with a home-made rig he slung together with old camera parts, screws and tape. He tells you all about how he did it here. The images are nothing short of miraculous. The intricate detailing of the glass-like snowflakes highlighting the fact that no matter how superior and creative us humans think we are, Mother Nature really does know best.

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