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Ice particles shaped like lollipops fall from clouds

Tiny ‘ice-lollies’ may pull water from the atmosphere

LOLLY LOOK-SEE  A research flight observed tiny ice particles that look like miniature lollipops in clouds above the British Isles.

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By Thomas Sumner

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