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Mars Lander Snaps the Most Detailed Pics Yet
An anonymous reader writes "The Mars Lander has taken its very first microscopic image of a piece of Martian dust (image). The particle, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet. The piece of dust is a rounded particle about a millionth of a meter across. This particle is one of the countless specks of dust that continually swirl around the Red Planet, coloring the Martian sky pink. 'Taking the images required the highest resolution microscope operated off of Earth and a specially designed substrate to hold the Martian dust,' said Tom Pike, a Phoenix science team member. 'We always knew it was going to be technically very challenging to image particles this small.'"
For the moon that might work fine - but we have not sent people to Mars. Yet. SO as soon as someone walks the surface of mars and it seems financially feasible to send rocks back I am sure it will be done.
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Mars is not pink.
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