What starts off as a simple desire to get a macro shot of a droplet of water freezing quickly leads George to the very edge of scientific knowledge and a shocking fact about most of the water on Earth.

Note: in the droplets I’m freezing, all the dendrites would have likely come from a *single nucleation point, not multiple ones.

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Credits:
Executive Producer:
Matthew Radcliff

Producers:
Andrew Sobey
Elaine Seward
Darren Weaver

Writer:
George Zaidan

Host:
George Zaidan

Scientific Consultants:
Brianne Raccor, Ph.D.
Michelle Boucher, Ph.D.
Sarah Brooks, Ph.D.
Tom Whale, Ph.D.

Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell

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Sources:
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