Snow is made up of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the air, usually within clouds,

before falling and accumulating on the ground, where they go through additional changes.[2] It contains
frozen crystalline water throughout its entire life cycle, starting when, under favorable conditions, the
ice crystals form in the atmosphere, grow to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces,
then metamorphose in place, and finally melt, slide, or sublimate.