the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This NASA site describes the atmosphere of dust on the moon produced by electrostatic forces. The site provides an explanation of the physics of this effect, along with diagrams that present the fountain model of dust movement. A science fiction book that anticipated this effect in the 1950s is also cited.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Moon Fountains. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/30mar_moonfountains/ (accessed 2 April 2015).
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