Read about photographer & researcher Jon Larsen. Collects the most exotic particles from across our universe, hiding in a rain gutter or scattered as debris on rooftops. At the forefront of micrometeorite discovery. Deep explorations into the field of cosmic dust particles, the oldest solid matter there is & ash from dead stars. Nothing has traveled farther. The hunt for stardust continues, mainly unmelted ones which contain water & complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life.
Urban micrometeorites of extraterrestrial matter are found in populated areas. Even though 60 tons of stardust fall to Earth each day, scientists consider these tiny pieces only discoverable in remote regions devoid of human life, due to an unsurmountable wall of contaminants & harsh weathering. Larsen has produced a monumental archive of thousands of particles, ranging from common barred olivine to rare glass with chromites, volcanic residue.
Stardust looks like nothing else on Earth. Beautiful jewels from space.