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Fractal Frosting

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At low humidity levels, water droplets evaporate too quickly for frost regions to interact.

$At intermediate humidity levels, the spreading frost forms fractal patterns as evaporation and the frost chain reaction compete.$

At high humidity levels, evaporation is slow enough that a frozen droplet can use water vapor from its neighbors to grow frost spikes that instantly freeze neighboring areas when they touch.

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