It's been snowing star-shaped snowflakes everywhere from Brooklyn to Jersey. Gothamist's Monica Schmelzer saw them around 2 p.m., noting, "The girl next to me at the crosswalk noticed when I did, and we both giggled with glee before walking into the liquor store."



Photo by Arielle Rudin/Gothamist

Gothamist weatherman Joe Schumacher tells us, "Those are rimed crystals—snowflakes with cloud droplets frozen on them."

Here's what snowflakes look like up close, they're all sort of star-shaped, but of course unique in their own special way... just not as cool-looking to the naked eye.

Others have spotted this magic snow as well:

GUYS THE SNOW IS FALLING IN STAR FORMATION IM SO AMAZED pic.twitter.com/OcYl6C6S1U — S (@SuchLOUzers) January 26, 2015

Whoa! Snow falling in perfect stars in jersey city pic.twitter.com/v49vbit9KA — Stephen Stirling (@SStirling) January 26, 2015