Moon dust (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Moon dust

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Colorized screenshots of the exact shapes of moon dust collected during the Apollo 11 mission. NIST researchers and collaborators developed a method of measuring these nanoscale particles as a prelude to studying their light-scattering properties.

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Credit: E. Garboczi/NIST and A. Sharits/AFRL

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