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I was flying from Munich to Mumbai. After boarding my seat at Munich airport, I saw condensation outside the window glass. And as soon we took off, the condensed water became ice. I noticed that the ice layer gradually taking some pattern, and after several hours it arranged itself to this beautiful snow flake. Then I checked the flight info, and found that we were flying at 11,000 m altitude and the outside air temperature was -44 deg C. The tri-color background is because of the sun setting down below the horizon. When we came down to land it became water droplet again.

Note: This photo is appeared on National Geographic Daily Dozen on 26th September 2012 .