The Cosmic Dust Sucker

the cosmic dust sucker
Above, the official name of this project was
"Sampling Comet Dust from Antarctic Air".
Photo by Mike Lucibella from the USAP
photo library which is no longer online.

Link to original photo library file (5.1 mb). Below, the original photo library caption.

Original USAP photo library caption:
CosmicDustSucker.jpg
Date Taken: December 16, 2016
Photograph By: Mike Lucibella
License Type:
Public Domain
The Cosmic Dust Sucker, an experiment to collect samples of space dust, sits on the edge of the South Pole’s clean air sector, pulling in air and filtering out micrometeoroids.
Associated Keywords: Meteorite, NSF, Public Domain, South Pole Station