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What is it? Competition

Can you guess what this image is of? 

5 lucky randomly selected correct answers will win a great popular science book, PLUS an extra prize for the funniest answer (which doesn't have to be correct!) Good luck!

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T&Cs Promoter is BBC Magazines Ltd; entrants 16yrs + and UK resident. Winners are 5 randomly selected correct answers from comments on BBC Focus website or sent to answers@bbcfocusmagazine.com before 10/03/11. One guess per entrant. 

Comments: 31

I think it's the contents of

Fri, 2011-03-18 02:44
sarahf

I think it's the contents of a sneezed on tissue?

What is it? Competition

Wed, 2011-03-09 23:59
fraoch

Answer: Housedust

What is it? Competition

Wed, 2011-03-09 22:18
precious_little_else

Household dust

What is it? Competition

Wed, 2011-03-09 20:35
Lilaclion

I think it's house dust....but if I had to draw a hangover that's what it would look like!

Housedust

Tue, 2011-03-08 13:42
roblufc

Housedust

It's housedust, but it looks

Sun, 2011-03-06 16:14
Flanders39

It's housedust, but it looks like the bottom of my sons school bag.

Competition

Sun, 2011-03-06 11:48
LilLeese

House dust

Housedust

Sun, 2011-03-06 01:49
peanutmum11

Housedust

:)

Mon, 2011-02-28 13:27
KayeDoodles

Colorful Strings. Pale Peach Diver's Flippers. An orange Blowfish. And I'm not sure if that's a blue-green seaweed or some dog's teeter. I can't really tell. It looks like some kind of an evolved species of amoeba. And they're all laying in a black trash bin.

If I'm mistaken, then maybe it is housedust like one everyone said :/

Competition entry.

Sat, 2011-02-19 13:11
robbyp33

It's housedust.

Or one of Noel Edmond's shirts.

Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Sat, 2011-02-19 07:01
M Paul Lloyd

No? Oh well. ;)

Housedust

Sat, 2011-02-19 01:18
Lightf00t

It's household dust under an electron microscope.

what is it? competition

Fri, 2011-02-18 19:13
television

HOUSEDUST OR PLAYDOUGH FRUIT

What is it? Competition

Fri, 2011-02-18 15:05
alan4591

Housedust

House dust, or it could be a

Thu, 2011-02-17 19:22
GeorgeBee

House dust, or it could be a Playdough spaghetti bolognase!

What is it? Competition

Thu, 2011-02-17 18:05
domesticated

Housedust

Housedust

Thu, 2011-02-17 13:11
Spacebeagle

Housedust

What is it?

Thu, 2011-02-17 13:09
swatmough

Housedust, but it looks very similar to the contents of my grandsons nappy!!!

Easy! Pot noodle!

Thu, 2011-02-17 12:53
loobyvee

Easy! Pot noodle!

What is it? Competition

Thu, 2011-02-17 11:50
polly321

Housedust

Is it the new winner of the

Thu, 2011-02-17 10:39
Scungybear

Is it the new winner of the Turner Prize?

Competition

Thu, 2011-02-17 09:28
baileybird

Housedust

What is it Competition

Thu, 2011-02-17 09:07
BabbityBee

House dust!

I think its house dust

Thu, 2011-02-17 08:14
ambernora

I think its house dust

Competition

Tue, 2011-02-15 16:43
FraserG

Household dust I would think :)

competition

Sat, 2011-02-12 17:38
bingowoman

is it bellybutton fluff

Dog trail

Sat, 2011-02-12 16:31
Thinker

Is it the remnants of a dogs bottom after it has been dragged across the carpet?

Looks like room dust under

Fri, 2011-02-11 18:08
DianaVK

Looks like room dust under electron microscope mignified by 100 or so, you can see some pets hair, human fiber, mini pollen, etc. very colorfull!

House dust?

Fri, 2011-02-11 18:04
Karrie

House dust?

I it house hold dust!? Looks

Fri, 2011-02-11 17:55
L_mo

I it house hold dust!? Looks to me like cat fur, synthetic and woollen fibres, insect scales, a pollen grain, and plant and insect remains.

Looks cool!

What is it?

Thu, 2011-02-17 11:05
JoMac

Magnified common domestic 'dust particles' but it could also be a Rolf Harris depiction of 'String Theory' - the answer to life, the universe and everything!...can you tell what it is yet?