Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image of Martian Dust Particle

This color image is a three dimensional view of a digital elevation map of a sample collected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope. A Martian particle -- only one micrometer, or one millionth of a meter, across -- is held in the left pit. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Neuchatel/Imperial College London