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<b>Tiny pieces of space rock called micrometeorites are everywhere on Earth. <i>In Search of Stardust </i>shows you how to find them and keep them safe.</b><br /><br />The solar system is a dusty place. Every day approximately 100 metric tons of cosmic dust collides with Earth, mainly in the form of micrometeorites. Most of these mineral particles (iron, nickel, etc.) are smaller than grains of sand, and they are falling down on us all the time and all over the globe. Still, little is known about these exotic extraterrestrials.<br /><br /><i>In Search of Stardust </i>is the first comprehensive popular science book about micrometeorites. It's also a photo documentary comprising more than 1,500 previously unpublished images: the first atlas of micrometeorites, hundreds of which are depicted here in high-resolution color microscopic photography and in scanning electron microscope imagery.<br /><br />Author Jon Larsen shows readers how and where to look for micrometeorites, explains the hi