What is dust made of? - Michael Marder
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Meet Dermatophagoides farinae. Crawling around on eight legs, this creature has no eyes to appreciate the kaleidoscope of colors around her. She relies on her extraordinary sense of smell to lead her to food and safe places to lay eggs. And she’s smaller than a pinhead. Dermatophagoides farinae is a dust mite. Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend together into a nondescript grey. What are these colorful microscopic particles? What distinguishes the dust in your house from, say, sand on a beach is that it is a mixture of many different ingredients. It can contain grains of sand...
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Meet Dermatophagoides farinae. Crawling around on eight legs, this creature has no eyes to appreciate the kaleidoscope of colors around her. She relies on her extraordinary sense of smell to lead her to food and safe places to lay eggs. And she’s smaller than a pinhead. Dermatophagoides farinae is a dust mite. Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend together into a nondescript grey. What are these colorful microscopic particles? What distinguishes the dust in your house from, say, sand on a beach is that it is a mixture of many different ingredients. It can contain grains of sand...
