From the Vault: The Snowflake Man of Jericho
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 280 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger take a week off for the holidays and reintroduce you to an episode from that vault that originally aired in December of 2020. We head to Jericho, Vermont, in search of snow. In 1885, Wilson Bentley figured out a way to attach his camera to a microscope and capture the first close-up photograph of a snowflake. In the coming years he would photograph thousands of images showing the intricate beauty of these ice crystals. His images would be published around the world and even hang in art galleries proving no two flakes are alike and earning Bentley the title: Snowflake Man.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Jeff. And I'm Ray. And this week, we're bringing you one from the vault because it's the holiday season. We needed a little bit of time off. I actually have this week off. I know. Yeah, me too, and I'm traveling. So, um, anyway, we will be back next week. How is your trip? Or how is the trip? We don't know yet. Oh, okay. That's right. We don't know. We don't know. But, uh, but we'll be back next week with a brand new episode. But we thought, you know, get you a little something from the vault. This original episode aired back in December of 2020. A long time ago. Winter's coming, right? And that means snow here in New England. And while we never know what kind of winter we're going to get, we do know |
| 0:38.1 | that snow is inevitable. So we thought we'd take you to Vermont to a guy who was completely obsessed |
| 0:44.3 | with snow. Oh, it's cold out here in Jericho, Vermont, Jeff. And I love Jericho. I stop here every year |
| 0:51.1 | when we traveled to Smuggler's Notch. Nice. Those clouds are looking pretty dark. |
| 0:56.1 | And it kind of smells like snow. |
| 0:59.3 | Well, it's the middle of December in the snow belt of northern Vermont. |
| 1:02.3 | That really shouldn't be a surprise. |
| 1:05.2 | Oh, yeah, I agree. |
| 1:06.6 | It does smell like snow. |
| 1:08.7 | I see just a few flurries are already falling. |
| 1:12.0 | Aristotle once wrote, to appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it's necessary to stand out in the cold. |
| 1:19.6 | That's kind of beautiful, Ray, quoting Aristotle. |
| 1:23.1 | And have you heard that no two snowflakes are alike? |
| 1:26.0 | I have heard that. In fact, that's why we've come |
| 1:28.8 | to Vermont. We're looking for the guy who proved it. Today, we're searching for the snowflake |
| 1:34.5 | man of Jericho. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 174 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:46.7 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
| 1:50.4 | Jericho, Vermont is the next stop on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time. |
| 1:57.2 | So, Ray, it's cold up here in Vermont. |
| 1:59.3 | It is, and we're outside in mid-December. |
| 2:02.1 | So this is the perfect place and time to tell folks about our sponsor, Nuadi Herbils. |
| 2:06.9 | Yes. |
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