Why do ions in an ionic compound typically form an orderly crystal structure

The ionic compound is soluble in a solvent, it can be obtained as a solid compound by evaporating the solvent from this electrolytesolution. As the solvent is evaporated, the ions do not go into the vapour, but stay in the remaining solution, and when they become sufficiently concentrated, nucleation occurs, and they crystallize into an ionic compound.

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It will fall off and tip over. 

Standing in the sunlight and feeling the heat on your face (uv radiation is entering the skin, converting to infrared radiation, and is absorbed by your tissues)orstanding near a fire and feeling the heat on your skin (infrared radiation transfer)