Mars haz dust.
Phoenix get atom force microscopy images of individual dust grains
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This color image is a three dimensional (3D) view of a digital elevation map of a sample collected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The image shows four round pits, only 5 microns in depth, that were micromachined into the silicon substrate, which is the background…
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But household dust is mainly human skin. So what kind of dust are we talking here? The remains of a cataclysmic end to Martian civilisation due to overpopulation?